The Siberian Dilemma
By Martin Cruz Smith

Investigator Arkady Renko, described as one of the most compelling figures in modern fiction' byand USA Today,and finds himself travelling deep into Siberia when journalist Tatiana Petrovna disappears on a case.Journalistand Tatiana Petrovnaand has disappeared.and Arkady Renko, iconic Moscow investigator and Tatiana's on-off lover, hasn't seen her since she left on a case over a month ago. No one else thinks Renko should be worried - Tatiana is known to disappear during deep assignments - but he knows her enemies all too well and the criminal lengths they will go to keep her quiet. Given the opportunity to interrogate a suspected assassin in Irkutsk, Renko embarks on a dangerous journey to Siberia to find Tatiana and bring her back.Renko finds Siberia to be a land of shamans and brutally cold nights, oligarchs wealthy on northern oil and sea monsters that are said to prowl the deepest lake in the world. With these forces at work against him, Renko will need all his wits about him to get Tatiana out alive.From the revered author of crime classicand Gorky Parkand comes the brilliant ninth novel featuring the iconic Arkady Renko.'Martin Cruz Smith's deftness of touch, lightness of humour and depth of knowledge are on display as ever inand The Siberian Dilemma'and ObserverPraise for Martin Cruz Smith'Martin Cruz Smithand makes tension rise through the page like a shark's fin'and Independentand 'The storyand drips with atmosphere and authenticityand - a literary triumph' David Young, bestselling author ofand Stasi Childand 'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views withand respect bordering on awe'and Val McDermid Smith not only constructsand grittily realisticand plots, he also has a gift for characterisation of which most thriller writers can only dream'and Mail on Sunday'Smith was among the first of a new generation of writers who made thrillers literary'and and Guardian'Brilliantly worked,and marvellously writtenand . . . an imaginative triumph'and and Sunday Times