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Dockerty police\nchief Orwell Brennan has his hands full. The town’s mayor keeps\ntrying to use him for re-election while her slick, out-of-town\nchallenger is smearing him every chance he gets. Meanwhile,\nBrennan’s middle daughter is getting married soon, his youngest is\nstarting to notice boys, his wife has him on a diet, and someone\nkeeps stealing his favorite cookies. Things take an ironic turn for\nthe worse when a Toronto police officer, who was in town to\ninvestigate a local murder, is killed in his hotel room. The victim\nwas about to interview the eccentric local dance teacher—a former\nRussian ballet star who has dark secrets in her past, some unsavory\nassociates, and a slippery way with the truth. One of Brennan’s\nofficers teams up with the dead cop’s ex-partner, and the two\nuncover a ring of shady pawnbrokers, crooked cops, and Russian\nthugs, all of whom are after one thing: the Sacred Ember, a very\nrare ruby once owned by the Tsarina herself.

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