The Russian Wife

Barry Maitland

Mac 2022 · Bolinda · Dikisahkan oleh Emily Joyce

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When the Russian wife of the owner of one of the most valuable private collections of modern art in the UK is found dead, Detective Chief Inspector David Brock is drawn into the world of art forgery and fraud. From the dealers and galleries of London’s West End, his investigations take him to Hanover, Miami and New York. Meanwhile, his old colleague DCI Kathy Kolla, who now leads one of the Metropolitan Police Murder Investigation teams, finds herself at the wrong end of a corruption charge. With her whole career in the balance, she will do almost anything to clear her name.

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Barry Maitland was born in Scotland and brought up in London. After studying architecture at Cambridge, he practiced and taught in the UK before moving to Australia where he was Professor of Architecture at the University of Newcastle. He has since retired from the university to pursue his writing. Maitland's first mystery The Marx Sisters was a nominee for the John Creasey Award for Best First Novel and The Malcontenta won the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction. Barry now writes fiction full time, and lives in the Hunter Valley.

Emily Joyce is a London based English actress and voice artist. Her 30+ years of experience includes theatre performances as Viola in Twelfth Night at the RSC, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (West End) and Heather in the musical The Band. She is equally at home on TV in comedy (My Hero, Friday Night Dinner) and high drama (Cracker, Messiah 2, Midsomer Murders, Casualty) and has appeared in several radio plays and comedies for BBC Radio 4.