Moscow Nights is an unsettling yet compelling mystery within expat life in Moscow.

Ian, a journalist at a US network in Russia, has died in what might have been suspicious circumstances. His girlfriend Claire, sent to Moscow to cover for his absence, finds herself embroiled in layer upon layer of secrecy and deceit. Also absent are a large amount of cash and Claire's Russian-born mother. Crosby is a former Moscow correspondent for a US radio station and details of Russian life - the day-to-day idiosyncrasies of living in a Moscow hotel and the frustration of trying to extract information from the Russian authorities - add solid background to the fast pace of this first novel. Claire's obsession with finding the truth turns into a nightmare; the result is a page-turner that keeps the reader guessing to the last moment.