Gorsky

the long version

The most enigmatic of oligarchs, Roman Borisovich Gorsky has been led to London by his love for his countrywoman Natalia. That she is now married to an Englishman is an inconvenient detail ... At the heart of Gorsky's grand mansion by the Thames will be the finest library in Europe. Now he just needs the books. So when an armour-plated car halts in front of a down-at-heel bookshop, the startled young man behind the till receives the commission of a lifetime. As Nikola Kimovic suddenly gains privileged access to the wealthy and the beautiful, he finds a world filled with delectable books, but fraught with danger ...