{"product_id":"9781784379674","title":"The Investigator","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Investigator is set in Soviet Ukraine in the early 1950s. With Stalin at the helm, the post-war Soviet Union is struggling to rebuild and to heal the nation of its multiple wounds. Plots and conspiracies abound and challenges to socialist values, real and imagined, proliferate.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA young woman is murdered in a typical Soviet town. In the spirit of the era everyone is a suspect. The investigator of the title sets out to solve the crime. A former intelligence officer who seeks to embody the ideals of the young Soviet Union, he introduces the reader to a polyphony of alternative voices that, together with his own, weave the unique fabric of this striking novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glagoslav Publications Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140063543536,"sku":"9781784379674","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781784379674_p0.jpg?v=1763726160","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781784379674","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}