Siberian light - Robin White

In post-Soviet Russia, corruption is rampant and murder common - but the savage murder of a biznisman shakes the town of Markovo to the core. For despite its vast area, Siberia has a small population, and everyone's trouble touch everyone else.

Gregori Nowek, geologist-turned-mayor, is first told to investigate and then - when it seems that an American oil company might be involved - ordered to stop. But by now, even though he suspects the involvement of ecologist Anna Vereskaya, the one person he longs to believe innocent, Nowek cannot leave alone...