For more than twenty years a hidden hand has ruled the backstreets of Ulan Baatar, but now Muunokhoi, the once untouchable head of Mongolia's largest and most powerful criminal empire, has finally been caught.
It should be the Serious Crime Team's finest hour. But nothing is ever that simple in Mongolia.
When Muunokhoi's trial starts to collapse, Nergui and Doripalam - the ex-head of the Team and his one-time protege - are forced to acknowledge that something rotten lies at the heart of the organization they have dedicated their lives to. With the crime lord's acquittal impending, and his revenge a cold certainty, Nergui and Doripalam are not even sure they can trust each other.
' Nergui and his protégé, Doripalam, really are heroes of lonely integrity walking the mean steppes...The second in Walters's series does not disappoint.' The Guardian.
'The taut and expertly paced plot pulls the reader from the offices of the police to the streets of Ulan Baatar to the far northern mountains.... This outstanding sequel is highly recommended.' Booklist
For more than twenty years a hidden hand has ruled the backstreets of Ulan Baatar, but now Muunokhoi, the once untouchable head of Mongolia's largest and most powerful criminal empire, has finally been caught.
It should be the Serious Crime Team's finest hour. But nothing is ever that simple in Mongolia.
When Muunokhoi's trial starts to collapse, Nergui and Doripalam - the ex-head of the Team and his one-time protege - are forced to acknowledge that something rotten lies at the heart of the organization they have dedicated their lives to. With the crime lord's acquittal impending, and his revenge a cold certainty, Nergui and Doripalam are not even sure they can trust each other.
' Nergui and his protégé, Doripalam, really are heroes of lonely integrity walking the mean steppes...The second in Walters's series does not disappoint.' The Guardian.
'The taut and expertly paced plot pulls the reader from the offices of the police to the streets of Ulan Baatar to the far northern mountains.... This outstanding sequel is highly recommended.' Booklist