Deadly Games

by Edward Topol, Fridrikh Neznansky

When Vadim Belkin, President Brezhnev's favorite newspaper reporter, is kidnapped from one of Moscow's railway stations, Special Investigator Shamrayez is given seven days to find the journalist

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Edward Vladimirovich Topol (Russian: Эдуард Владимирович Тополь; real name Topelberg (Russian: Топельберг; born 8 October 1938) is a Russian novelist.

Born in Baku, Topol spent his teenage years finishing local school in Baku and graduated from Azerbaijan State Economic University.[1] He also did his military service in Estonia. He worked as journalist for newspapers such as Bakinskiy Rabochiy and Komsomolskaya Pravda and wrote the screenplays for seven movies, of which two were banned due to censorship under the Soviet government.

In 1978 he emigrated to USA, New York, and lived for short periods in Boston, Toronto and Miami.

Reviews

[Chaya QP · Rating 3 out of 5]

Took a while to get into but once I was into it I couldn't put it down, there was lots of twists and the mystery under timed conditions made it intense. Though the ending, as in the final page and solution, was a let-down and it felt silly. The ending undermined the whole plot by having seduction be the solution to the problem.

[Chuck · Rating 1 out of 5]

A Russian crime story (translated from Russian) the reading of which required a lot more work than I wanted to invest. I didn't finish it.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

At the time I adored Topol books...the Cold War genre had a place in history in the 70's and 80's. This has now been superceded by the historical fiction of Knights Templar type stories.

I happen to love both genres - so I'm a happy bunny.