
Everyone likes a good story and this is a fast, romantic and furious one. Set in 1949, the action ranges from a hot Orange Free State veld to a wintry Ireland and back again, with unexpected twists and turns along the way. A startling discovery linked to Tatiana, one of Tsar Nicholas II's assassinated daughters, sets a weary white Bloemfontein detective on a perilous odyssey of discovery.
'William Paterson is an unusual individual - someone who has an intimate knowledge of both South Africa's and Ireland's troubled histories with the insight both of a son of South Africa and of his new home in Ireland. His insight and discernment equip him to draw in this experience into his new novel, which is lively and erudite, fast-moving and filled with high adventure and pathos. The Tatiana File will make its mark in the steadily growing bookshelf of Irish-South African literature.' Donal P. McCracken FLS, FRHistS, Emeritus Professor of History: University of KwaZulu-Natal