The British music critic Quentin Dart and his fiancee Alexandra Matviyko, a Ukrainian with a past, are involved in a dramatic sequence of kidnaps and escapes. The plot first develops in the UK against a background of political intrigue and an escalation of policy differences between Washington and Westminster, relating to the build-up of terrorist activity in the Middle East, Asia, and Chechnya. As Quentin and Alexandra attend a performance of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin at London's Royal Opera House, the conductor Petya Gubin is murdered in his dressing room. While suspicions grow...
The British music critic Quentin Dart and his fiancee Alexandra Matviyko, a Ukrainian with a past, are involved in a dramatic sequence of kidnaps and ...
