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{{#spoiler:show=Spoiler for BAD DAY IN MINSK|[[Dorothy Chan|Dorothy]] and [[Tom Winscombe|Tom]] arrive at [[Arkady Morozov|Arkady]]'s flat to discuss recent developments regarding the [[Institute for Progress and Development]]. Arkady's niece and [[Dot Chan]] intern [[Katya Morozova|Katya]] is also there. Arkady starts by revealing that - as suspected - his friend [[Sergei Kravchenko|Sergei]] removed the [[Vavasor Papers]] from the briefcase given to Tom at the climax of the events described in [[The Truth About Archie and Pye]], thus saving them from the subsequent explosion. However, Sergei did not, as anticipated, manage to return the papers to [[Isaac Vavasor]] as he was forced to go into hiding. After this, Sergei became increasingly worried that he was being followed by someone, as it turned out, from the Institute for Progress and Development. After this, Sergei left the country, not saying where he was going. Three days ago, Arkady hears from Sergei's girlfriend [[Carla Benini|Carla]] saying that Arkady has disappeared and that the papers have been stolen. The team conclude that the Institute is behind it and that they must break into their headquarters and steak them back. | {{#spoiler:show=Spoiler for BAD DAY IN MINSK|[[Dorothy Chan|Dorothy]] and [[Tom Winscombe|Tom]] arrive at [[Arkady Morozov|Arkady]]'s flat to discuss recent developments regarding the [[Institute for Progress and Development]]. Arkady's niece and [[Dot Chan]] intern [[Katya Morozova|Katya]] is also there. Arkady starts by revealing that - as suspected - his friend [[Sergei Kravchenko|Sergei]] removed the [[Vavasor Papers]] from the briefcase given to Tom at the climax of the events described in [[The Truth About Archie and Pye]], thus saving them from the subsequent explosion. However, Sergei did not, as anticipated, manage to return the papers to [[Isaac Vavasor]] as he was forced to go into hiding. After this, Sergei became increasingly worried that he was being followed by someone, as it turned out, from the Institute for Progress and Development. After this, Sergei left the country, not saying where he was going. Three days ago, Arkady hears from Sergei's girlfriend [[Carla Benini|Carla]] saying that Arkady has disappeared and that the papers have been stolen. The team conclude that the Institute is behind it and that they must break into their headquarters and steak them back. | ||
| − | Dorothy, Tom, Arkady, Katya and [[Balvinder Singh|Balvinder]], the other Dot Chan intern break into the Institute for Progress and Development, aided by Balvinder's lock-picking skills. However, they are not the only people there, as [[Helen Matheson]] and one of her cronies are also spying on the Institute. Helen kidnaps Tom with the intention of blackmailing him into working for her. In the course of this, she uses his phone to give Dorothy the impression that Tom has been having an affair with her. | + | Dorothy, Tom, Arkady, Katya and [[Balvinder Singh|Balvinder]], the other Dot Chan intern, break into the Institute for Progress and Development, aided by Balvinder's lock-picking skills. They fail to locate the Vavasor Papers, although Tom does find a file on Sergei Kravchenko, as well as someone called [[Dominic Bilston]], who seems to have been killed in suspicious circumstances. However, it now turns out that they are not the only people there, as [[Helen Matheson]] and one of her cronies are also spying on the Institute. Helen kidnaps Tom and takes him to a safe house in Margate with the intention of blackmailing him into working for her. In the course of this, she uses his phone to give Dorothy the impression that Tom has been having an affair with her. Matheson's plan is for Tom to impersonate the chaotician [[Rory Milford]], who has apparently been hired to do some work by one of the Belarusian mafia gangs, in order to find out what has happened to one of her agents: Sergei Kravchenko. |
More to come.}} | More to come.}} | ||
Revision as of 22:05, 12 July 2022
| Bad Day in Minsk | |
|---|---|
 First edition | |
| Author | Jonathan Pinnock |
| Cover artist | kid-ethic |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Farrago Books |
| Publication date | 2021 |
| ISBN | 978-1-78842-303-8 |
| Preceded by | The Riddle of the Fractal Monks |
Bad Day in Minsk is a book by Jonathan Pinnock. It is the fourth in the Mathematical Mystery series and was published by Farrago Books in April 2021.
Blurb
High Jinks in Minsk
Tom Winscombe is having a bad day. Trapped at the top of the tallest building in Minsk while a lethal battle between several mafia factions plays out beneath him, he contemplates the sequence of events that brought him here, starting with the botched raid on a secretive think tank and ending up in the middle of the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
More importantly, he wonders how he’s going to get out of this alive when the one person who can help is currently not speaking to him.
Join Tom and a cast of disreputable and downright dangerous characters in this witty thriller set in a murky world of murder, mystery and complex equations.
Critical Reception
The reception to the book was generally extremely favourable.
