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BLACK WOLF
G.D. Abson
Crime fiction/Russian Noir World English
‘Does for contemporary St Petersburg what Martin “Gorky Park” Cruz Smith did for Soviet-era Moscow.’
– THE TIMES (Karen Robinson)
■ The gripping follow-up to the Sunday Times Crime
Club Star Pick, Motherland.
■ G.D. Abson was shortlisted for a CWA Debut
Dagger Award.
■ Reviews expected in The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Times, Emerald Street, Shots Magazine, Crimepieces and CWA publications.
■ Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbø, Henning Mankell and Nordic drama series, such as The Killing and The Bridge.
SYNOPSIS
A young woman is found dead on the outskirts of St Petersburg on a freezing January morning. There are no signs of injury, and heavy snowfall has buried all trace of an attacker.
Captain Natalya Ivanova’s investigation quickly links the victim to the Decembrists, an anti-Putin dissident group whose acts of civil disobedience have caught the eye of the authorities. And Natalya soon realises she is not the only one interested in the case – as government security services wade in and shut down her investigation almost before it has begun.
Before long, state media are spreading smear stories about the dead woman, and Natalya suspects the authorities have something to hide. When a second rebel activist goes missing, she is forced to go undercover to expose the truth. But the stakes are higher than ever before. Not only could her pursuit of the murderer destroy her career, but her family ties to one of the victims threaten to tear her personal life apart.
A captivating, pacy thriller that plunges right into the beating heart of Putin’s Russia.
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MY REVIEW
Black Wolf is a sequel to The authors debut novel Motherland.
As with the previous book we have a strong and likeable character in Captain Natalya Ivanova. She is called out with her deputy to a murder. With so many obstacles in her way will she find out who the murderer is.
Set in Russia this is certainly a page turner. The author has given us some brilliant secondary characters that adds so much to the story.
I’m looking forward to reading more from this author in the future.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
G.D. ABSON works as a freelance business analyst and lives in the South West of England. He has cultivated contacts in the St Petersburg police force in order to write this novel, and has more Natalya Ivanova crime novels planned.
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