Checkmate to the Queen of Diamonds

A detective and a militia captain are working together investigating a murder. When their job is done, the feelings do not let them say goodbye.

Far Away from St. Petersburg

Iwan Rabcynski, born in St. Petersburg (Florida), writes Russian melodramas under the pseudonym "John F. Romanoff. He gets his inspiration in Brooklyn, his chosen home. His new novel, which is meant to be autobiographical, begins with his Russian great grandfather in St. Petersburg in 1882 and follows three generations as they survive the country's political upheavals.