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003 OCoLC
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008 120111s2012 xx 000 1 eng d
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020 $a9781936695485
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100 1 $aTurner, James Houston.
245 10 $aGreco's Game /$cJames Houston Turner.
260 $a[Place of publication not identified] :$bComfort Pub.,$c2012.
300 $a321 pages, 14 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $aThe story of former KGB colonel Aleksandr Talanov continues in this follow-up to Department Thirteen. Colonel Aleksandr Talanov, the ice man, is married to a woman he wishes he could love. But he can't, and it's an ugly consequence of his training with the KGB. Even so, no one should have to experience what Talanov experiences: the brutal murder of his wife in front of his eyes. Wracked with guilt and suspected of plotting her death, Talanov spirals downward on a path of self-destruction. He should have been killed, not her. He was the one whose violent past would not leave them alone. Months tick by and Talanov hits rock bottom on the mean streets of Los Angeles, where he meets a hooker named Larisa, who drugs and robs him. But in the seedy world of prostitution and human trafficking ruled by the Russian mafia, this hooker made the big mistake of stealing the ice man's wallet. In it was Talanov's sole possession of value: his wedding photo. Talanov tracks Larisa down to get that photo because it reminds him of everything that should have been but never was, and never would be because an assassin's bullet had mistakenly killed his wife. Or was it a mistake? The answer lies in Greco's Game, a chess match played in 1619 that is famous for its Queen sacrifice and checkmate in only eight moves. In an unusual alliance, Talanov and Larisa team up to begin unraveling the mystery of what Talanov's old KGB chess instructor regarded as the most brilliant example of how to trap and kill an opponent.
650 0 $aMurder$vFiction.
651 0 $aLos Angeles$vFiction.
650 6 $aMeurtre$vRomans, nouvelles, etc.
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655 7 $aDetective and mystery fiction.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01726581
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655 7 $aMystery fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aDetective and mystery fiction.$2lcgft
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nBK0010679117
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n11081666
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