Where to Start with Sam Eastland
- Best entry point → Eye of the Red Tsar
- What fans keep coming back to → The Red Coffin (Inspector Pekkala Book 2)
- Best narrator for Sam Eastland → Siberian Red
- Highest rated by listeners → Berlin Red (Inspector Pekkala #7)
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Eye of the Red Tsar
Inspector Pekkala • Book 1
by Sam Eastland
Narrated by Paul Michael
★ 3.56 ABR Score (5.2K ratings)★ 3.8 Goodreads (4.8K) ★ 3.92 Audible (395)More about this pick
Paul Michael's gravelly delivery suits this atmospheric thriller perfectly, adding weight to the investigation into the Romanov murders and the disgraced detective hunting for answers.
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Archive 17
Inspector Pekkala • Book 3
by Sam Eastland
Narrated by Paul Michael
★ 3.88 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.48 Audible (94)More about this pick
Russia's financial crisis forces Stalin to deploy Inspector Pekkala on a gold hunt that could determine the nation's fate. Paul Michael's performance balances political tension with personal stakes in wartime desperation.
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Berlin Red
Inspector Pekkala • Book 7
by Sam Eastland
Narrated by Steven Pacey
★ 4.00 ABR Score (913 ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (840) ★ 4.52 Audible (73)More about this pick
April 1945: As the Red Army prepares its final Berlin assault, Inspector Pekkala hunts German scientists perfecting V2 rocket guidance systems near the Baltic. Steven Pacey's narration captures both the war's brutality and Pekkala's methodical investigation.
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The Beast in the Red Forest
Inspector Pekkala • Book 5
by Sam Eastland
Narrated by Steven Pacey
★ 3.96 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (985) ★ 4.5 Audible (62)More about this pick
Reports of Inspector Pekkala's death send his assistant into Russian forests where partisans fight Nazis and truth becomes elusive. Pacey navigates wartime complexity and Eastland's intricate plotting superbly.
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Red Icon
Inspector Pekkala • Book 6
by Sam Eastland
Narrated by Steven Pacey
★ 3.93 ABR Score (902 ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (840) ★ 4.44 Audible (62)More about this pick
Two Russian soldiers discover a priceless icon in a German church crypt, clutched by a skeleton priest, triggering Stalin to send Inspector Pekkala on his most dangerous mission. The wartime setting and religious mystery create a compelling backdrop for investigation.
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The Red Coffin (Inspector Pekkala Book 2)
Inspector Pekkala • Book 2
by Sam Eastland
Narrated by Steven Pacey
★ 3.74 ABR Score (2.0K ratings)★ 3.89 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.25 Audible (16)More about this pick
Stalin's former Tsar detective investigates sabotage around the revolutionary T-34 tank project in 1939 Soviet Russia. Steven Pacey captures the paranoid atmosphere of a regime preparing for war.
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Siberian Red
Inspector Pekkala • Book 3
by Sam Eastland
Narrated by Steven Pacey
★ 3.75 ABR Score (1.7K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.33 Audible (12)More about this pick
Inspector Pekkala hunts the lost Tsarist gold that could save Stalin's bankrupt regime as Germany threatens invasion. Steven Pacey's atmospheric narration captures both the desperation and historical weight perfectly.
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