The Siberian dilemma
(Book)

"The choie is simple for Arkady Renko: plunge into the black and limitless Siberian forest in search of a woman who seems to have scorned him or stay in Moscow working as a senior investigator for the office of the prosecution. Tatiana Petrovna, a well-known journalist, had set out to write an exposé on the oligarchs of Siberia, but she has not returned. Arkady pursues her into Siberia, where he learns that she has fallen under the spell of Mikhail Kuznetsov, a wealthy political dissident who threatens Vladimir Putin's rule. Although Kuznetsov seems like the perfect cadidate to take on the corruption in Russian politics, he has his own disturbing and deadly secrets. In a land of ice, sea serpents, bears, and would-be murderers, Arkday must find a way to get Tatiana--and himself--out alive." --book jacket