Olga Pushkina – a third-class railway transport technician and future best-selling author – works as a lineman in a booth by the tracks, and only Dmitry the hedgehog keeps her company. Looking at the passing Trans-Siberian Express, Olga dreams of studying literature at the University of Tomsk, known as the Oxford of West Siberia, and of escaping the sleepy, snow-covered village of Rozłaznyj.
The sleepy peace of the town is suddenly disturbed by poisonous letters, numerous crimes and rumors about Baba Yaga, a deadly witch hiding in the frosty depths of the Russian taiga. And when one day, Olga, on her way to the booth, falls the body of an American tourist thrown out of the coffee machine with a slit throat and a mouth full of rubles, the woman knows it’s time to act. Soon after, Rozłazny is shaken by another murder, and the investigating sergeant Maruszkin is arrested. Olga decides to help the policeman in the fight against his terrifying boss, Lieutenant Colonel Babikov. But, in the absence of clues, does it not accidentally take a hoe to the sun?
“Death on the Trans-Siberian Express” is a crime story that simultaneously draws you in, arouses tension and causes a lot of smiles on your face. Agatha Christie in the shackles of snow-covered taiga. You can find the pre-sale book here.
CJ Farrington grew up in Scotland and was educated in Edinburgh, Cambridge and Harvard, among others. He is interested in politics and traveling – he was inspired by the journey by the famous railway to write his debut novel, “Death in the Trans-Siberian Express”. She divides her time between various research centers and caring for her daughter Acacia.
