Inspector Pekkala is the central character in Sam Eastland’s series of historical thrillers set in the Soviet Union. Once the most trusted investigator of Tsar Nicholas II, Pekkala earned the title “the Emerald Eye” and wielded extraordinary authority in Imperial Russia. After the Revolution, he lost everything and spent years in a Siberian labor camp.
Stalin, recognizing that some cases require Pekkala’s unique combination of skills and knowledge, pulls him from the gulag and puts him to work as a detective for the Soviet state. Pekkala operates in a world where he is valued for his abilities but distrusted for his loyalties, navigating the paranoia and brutality of Stalinist Russia while solving crimes that range from military secrets to wartime espionage.
Reading Order
See the complete Inspector Pekkala reading order for all books in the series.