The third Inspector Jack Oxby mystery pits the Scotland Yard detective against killers in pursuit of a priceless Faberge Egg that disappeared the night before the onset of the Russian Revolution.A world-renowned art collector challenges Oxby to locate the mysterious Faberge Imperial egg which the monk Grigori Rasputin commissioned as a gift for the Tsarina Alexandra but mysteriously disappeared the night of his assassination. From England to New York to St. Petersburg, Oxby discovers the history of the "objet d'art" that's been shrouded in almost a century of scandal, betrayal, and murder.
