Murder in Moscow by Kelly Oliver

1918 Moscow

Will following her heart mean losing her head? It could mean losing her job.

Fiona Figg trails her nemesis Fredrick Fredricks to Moscow. But when she arrives at the grand Metropol Hotel, the bounder has vanished.

After Fiona doesn’t show up for work at the War Office, Kitty Lane raises a red flag and tracks her to Russia. Seeking haven at the British Embassy, Kitty and Fiona become embroiled in a plot to overthrow the Bolshevik government.

But the plot turns deadly when Fiona goes undercover as a governess in the household of Iron Viktor, the Bolsheviks’ Head of Secret Police. And when Viktor turns up dead in his study, Fiona finds herself wanted for murder and on the lam.

Can Fiona and Kitty find the real killer and escape the Kremlin before it’s too late? Or will this dangerous game of Russian roulette be their last?

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Kelly Oliver is the author of three award-winning bestselling mystery series and dozens of nonfiction books.

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Review

‘Murder in Moscow’ is a brilliant historical whodunit, with top-notch characters, fast-paced and packed full of action! This is the fifth book in the ‘Fiona Figg and Kitty Lane Mysteries’ but it can be read as a stand-alone very easily. The author provides all the salient points and I feel a new reader would pick up the narrative with no problems. I do recommend reading the whole series as it is great historical cosy crime.

It will come as no surprise due to the title that Fiona Figg has landed herself in Moscow, after following the German spy Frederick Fredericks there. But she is on personal business rather than spy business! She is following her heart but when she arrives there he is nowhere to be seen. Random point here as a big fan of ‘A Gentlemen in Moscow’ I loved that the Metropol Hotel was featured. Kitty lies to the War Office and says that Fiona is trailing Fredericks and hot-foots it to help her out and boy does Fiona need it, especially when she lands on the Cheka’s (secret police) radar…

I loved that this outing was a dual POV telling with both Fiona and Kitty having their own chapters. I always wondered what Kitty was getting up to in the background and now we know - basically being an awesome spy and saving people’s butts! Hopefully, this will continue into the rest of the series. It's a great cast of characters and they still have their secrets and readers don't know where they stand with them. Is Fredericks really a German agent and is Archie, Fiona’s beau a double agent?!

This was a fun read and I loved all the Russian history, politics and characters. But then I studied Russian history at uni so I am a bit biased. The author managed to tease out the high-level aspects that would affect the story but they still managed to pack it full of authentic and relatable details. I would say that there wasn't really an overreaching mystery like in the other books and the majority of the story was the gang trying to get out of scrapes but it was still an entertaining read!

Let me know if you pick this one up!