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A review by constantreader471
The Siberian Dilemma by Martin Cruz Smith
4.0
4 stars for another enjoyable read by Martin Cruz Smith. This is #9 in the Arkady Renko series and it can be read as a stand alone, but would probably work better if you have read the previous books in the series. Arkady is a police investigator for the Moscow Police. His supervisor is Prosecutor Zurin, who is a cunning, ruthless man willing to break the rules if it helps his career. Arkady, on the other hand, is a honest man who struggles to do the right thing in Putin's corrupt Russia.
Arkady is concerned about his lover Tatiana's disappearance to someplace in Siberia. He goes to her newspaper supervisor Obolensky and asks where she is. Obolensky doesn't know where she is. She told him that she was working on a story and did not tell him any more. She has done this before. Obolensky says that she disappears for a few weeks and comes back with a story--usually about corruption.
Then Prosecutor Zurin sends Arkady to Irkutsk, Siberia, to transport a prisoner to a transit prison, interrogate and prosecute him with a resulting good long sentence. Arkady finds Tatiana and 2 rich oil barons, Boris Benz and Mikhail Kuznetsov, both connected to the story that Tatiana is working on. Arkady is first shot at and later left for dead in the Siberian wilderness but survives both times. There are twists and turns in the story and a Siberian dilemma for Arkady.
One quote from Arkady's Siberian factotum, Bolot, speaking to Arkady: ""Isn't it time for dinner? Distances are longer when you haven't eaten," said Bolot as they got back to the car "You never eat, do you.? I've noticed that when you do, you just rearrange your food. You know, you need calories to stay warm."
Thank you Martin Cruz Smith and Simon and Schuster for sending me this eARC through NetGalley.
Arkady is concerned about his lover Tatiana's disappearance to someplace in Siberia. He goes to her newspaper supervisor Obolensky and asks where she is. Obolensky doesn't know where she is. She told him that she was working on a story and did not tell him any more. She has done this before. Obolensky says that she disappears for a few weeks and comes back with a story--usually about corruption.
Then Prosecutor Zurin sends Arkady to Irkutsk, Siberia, to transport a prisoner to a transit prison, interrogate and prosecute him with a resulting good long sentence. Arkady finds Tatiana and 2 rich oil barons, Boris Benz and Mikhail Kuznetsov, both connected to the story that Tatiana is working on. Arkady is first shot at and later left for dead in the Siberian wilderness but survives both times. There are twists and turns in the story and a Siberian dilemma for Arkady.
One quote from Arkady's Siberian factotum, Bolot, speaking to Arkady: ""Isn't it time for dinner? Distances are longer when you haven't eaten," said Bolot as they got back to the car "You never eat, do you.? I've noticed that when you do, you just rearrange your food. You know, you need calories to stay warm."
Thank you Martin Cruz Smith and Simon and Schuster for sending me this eARC through NetGalley.