THE KATERINA ICON

COULD THE TRIPTYCH LEAD THEM TO ICONS WHICH ONCE BELONGED TO CATHERINE THE GREAT, CZARINA OF RUSSIA?

Giving his treasured possession to the two Australians who rescued him from an icy death, the ancient Cossack swears that the icon, an icon given to him by his grandfather, contains a code which will point to the secret hiding place of priceless icons looted from the imperial palace by Bolsheviks during the early years of the Russian Revolution. They must decide whether there really is a secret concealed within the old man’s icon, or whether the story was merely the old Cossack’s fantasy. They must decide whether they should take the risk and return to Russia and perhaps recover the riches which might await them. And if they should find these icons, would the most favourite icon of Catherine the Great, The Katerina Triptych, be amongst them, and, if so, would it be real, and would it be worth the lives which the search will take?

Another thriller from the prize-winning author of The Crying Stones.