Dark Eyes

Winner of the 2023 Pencraft Awards for Literary Excellence


A former Russian ballerina and a police photographer, destined to be lovers, seek to unfold the murder mystery of two women...

 

DARK EYES...Anya, an unwed mother of a mentally challenged child, meets Andrei, at a murder scene. They strive to unravel the murders of a hotel worker and a doll-seller with a link to diamond smuggling in Soviet Leningrad.


The offbeat couple, in jeopardy, are stalked by a vicious detective with possible involvement in the murders, and in a taut reversal, the hunted become the hunters.


"Nina Romano’s latest historical novel, Dark Eyes, is a suspenseful, edgy, intense nail-biter. I couldn’t tear myself away from the story until the end—then I wanted to start over again to concentrate on the rich historical details and luxuriate in her dazzling prose. Another five-star tour de force from a top-notch novelist!" —Cynthia Hamilton, author of Spouse Trap and A High Price to Pay 



Dark Eyes - long-listed for the Goethe’s Historical Fiction Book Awards.