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The Red Moth
Paperback. Pages: 384 Language: English Publisher: Faber & Faber As Hitlers forces smash into Soviet territory. annihilating the Red Army divisions in its path. a lone German scout plane is forced down Contained within the briefcase of its passenger is the seemingly inconsequential. painting of a hyalophoria cecropia. otherwise known as a red moth.Military Intelligence dismisses the picture as insignificant. but in the state of emergency Stalin suspects a German plot He summons his old adversary. Inspector Pekkala -. the elusive Finn who was once Tsar Nicholas IIs personal detective - to discover the real significance of this strange wartime cargo.As the storm gathers around them. Pekkala. together with his assistant from the shadowy Bureau of Special Operations. soon find themselves on the path of the most formidable art thieves in history . Those real target is a secret an...