Siberian Red (2012)

Book Info

Author

Sam Eastland

Genre

Mystery & Thriller

Series

Inspector Pekkala

Rating

3.85 of 5 Votes: 5

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ISBN

0571260675 (ISBN13: 9780571260676)

Language

English

Publisher

Faber & Faber

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About book Siberian Red (2012)

This one wasn't as good as the previous Inspector Pekkala books. It was more of a survival story rather than a spy thriller, and the ending was a bit contrived. Eastland, however, did do a good job of exploring the motives of the various characters whether it be their motives in life or in the unfolding investigation, and one gets a good sense of the paranoia present in Stalin's system and the things that people will do in attempting self-preservation. It is 1939. Russia teeters on the verge of war with Germany. It is also on the brink of bankruptcy. To preserve his regime, Stalin orders a search for the legendary missing gold of Tsar Nicholas II. For this task, he chooses Pekkala, the former investigator for the Tsar. To accomplish his mission, Pekkala will go undercover, returning to Siberia and the nightmare of his own past, where he was once a prisoner in the notorious Gulag known as Borodok. An excellent book and a fabulous series!