Renko is a world-weary Russian detective, but is moved to action when the love of his life--an investigative journalist writing a story about oligarchs and oil in Siberia--is suddenly in danger in Martin Cruz Smith's The Siberian Dilemma.
Renko is the star of a long-running police procedural series, beginning with Gorky Park, which has charted the changes in the Soviet Union right in step along the way. Renko has also accumulated a handful of supporting characters, including a quasi-foster son/chess wizard, a drunken but philosophical partner, and a scheming politically-sensitive boss.
These novels are always solidly plotted, with interesting characters, and in an interesting setting. I always look forward to the next one.
I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana and read it quickly.
Renko is the star of a long-running police procedural series, beginning with Gorky Park, which has charted the changes in the Soviet Union right in step along the way. Renko has also accumulated a handful of supporting characters, including a quasi-foster son/chess wizard, a drunken but philosophical partner, and a scheming politically-sensitive boss.
These novels are always solidly plotted, with interesting characters, and in an interesting setting. I always look forward to the next one.
I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond, Indiana and read it quickly.
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