Death on the Trans-Siberian Express by C.J. FarringtonMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
I was very charmed with first chapters of the book, could not believe it was written by a non Russian with rather short experience living in Russia.
Siberian winter, hopelessness of woman's life in a small village in the middle of the forest.
Hopeless men expecting full service at home and spending all free time drinking "rocket fuel" in a local bar.
Among this a young woman working hard as a railway engineer which mostly means walking long kilometres checking railway switches and signals.
Free time she spends caring for neighbours and old family members and only then finds some space for cherishing her dreams about study and becoming a writer.
Then - the title obliges - threats, murder, blackmail, corruption, CRIME.
Very quickly I got completely lost among many characters and subplots and did not bother to track the sense of the story.
Only the climate remained with me.
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