{"product_id":"9781035917709","title":"The Lady of the Mine","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Sergei Lebedev\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 9 April 2026 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Apollo) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 18 | 172g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary new novel by the author of Untraceable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sealed shaft in a Donbas coal mine contains unimaginable horror: layer upon layer of human bodies, the victims of Red and White terror during the Revolution, of Stalin’s purges, of the Einsatzgruppen in the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround this infamous pit, in a polluted region convulsed once again by war and cruelty when Russia invades Ukraine, the fates of four characters intertwine: a mysterious and powerful laundress whose dedication to cleaning the filth created by the mine attracts the suspicion of the secret police; her innocent daughter Zhanna, left alone by her mother’s death; a brutal Russian militia man, who targets Zhanna; and his boss, a former KGB man turned ruthless servant of Putin. The voice of The Engineer, a murdered Jew who designed and constructed the mine, is a witness to the bloody history of the region and the terrible secret at its heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA haunting, lyrical meditation on the legacy of dictatorship and atrocity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47997775773955,"sku":"9781035917709","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781035917709.jpg?v=1777031375","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781035917709","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}