Known as Tolstoy because of his Anglo-Russian parentage, Major Leo Bekov had as many enemies among fellow-officers as he had admirers among their wives. Good-looking, charismatic and fluent in several languages, his career had taken him from Sandhurst through the wars in Bosnia and the Gulf, to special duty as an interpreter and liaison officer. He was set for great things, until his body was found tied to a post outside the officers' mess on a British military base in Germany. A newly-arrived military policeman, Max Rydal - a man with a tragic past - takes on the case, with the help of his deputy Tom Black. He soon discovers that rather than closing ranks, many in the camp are only too willing to talk. But perhaps the vital clue can only be provided by Bekov himself.
- ISBN10 0727875841
- ISBN13 9780727875846
- Publish Date 30 March 2007 (first published 30 September 2005)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 May 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Severn House Publishers Ltd
- Imprint Severn House Large Print Books
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 432
- Language English