A Russian thriller from the author of "Havoc, In Its Third Year", this will appeal to fans of "Restless" and "The Interpretation Of Murder". Born of the weekly serialisation of the novel, as it was being written, in the "Observer", it tells the story of psychoanalyst Dr Otto Spethmann, implicated in a St. Petersburg murder. He is deeply worried but also preoccupied by 2 new patients - a society beauty and a chess player on the verge of a breakdown.