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Chernobyl Murders

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by Michael Beres
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In a western Ukraine wine cellar in 1985, Chernobyl engineer Mihaly Horvath discloses the unnecessary risks associated with the power plant to his brother, Kiev Militia detective Lazlo. Spawned by a desire to protect his family, Lazlo investigates—irritating his superiors, drawing the attention of a CIA operative, raising the hackles of an old KGB major, and ultimately discovering his brother’s secret affair with a Chernobyl technician, Juli Popovics. After the explosion, the Ukraine is not only blanketed with deadly radiation, but also becomes a killing ground involving pre-perestroika factions in disarray, a Soviet government on its last legs, and madmen hungry for power. With a poisoned environment at their backs and a killer snapping at their heels, Lazlo and Juli flee for their lives—and their love—in this engrossing political thriller.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Lazlo Horvath Thriller

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 1, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781605429762

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781605429762
      • File size: 2858 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 28, 2008
      Beres's new thriller toys with the intriguing if implausible notion that the horrific meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, near Kiev, was no accident.In 1986, months before the meltdown, Mihaly Horvath, a senior engineer at the power plant, suspects that the facility is being intentionally overextended as part of a government experiment. When catastrophe strikes, Mihaly's detective brother, Lazlo, finds himself pursued by a psychotic and sadistic KGB major, Grigor Komarov, who hopes to establish that foreign elements, possibly linked to the CIA, were responsible. While the writing quality is a step up from Beres's last thriller, Final Stroke
      , many readers are likely to find neither the mystery of who caused the disaster nor the political intrigue sufficiently engaging.

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English

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