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Chargement... A Killing Winter: An Inspector Akyl Borubaev Thriller (1)
Information sur l'oeuvreA Killing Winter par Tom Callaghan
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   ) burritapal | Oct 23, 2022 |   ) KevinEldon | Sep 7, 2020 | It's a detective novel set in Kyrgyzstan, mostly in the capital, Bishkek, but with excursions to Osh, the second city, and to the Chinese border. The narrator, Inspector Akyl Borobaev, has recently lost his wife to cancer, and is brought in to solve the gruesome murder of the daughter of the Minister for State Security. There is a lot of very good circumstantial detail of the human and physical geography of Kyrgyzstan, a country of which I know very little, and the various characters (all deeply unpleasant, apart from a glamorous Uzbek security agent) are very vividly depicted. I was less convinced by the revelation of the villain's identity; I did not quite get the means or motivation. Still, an interesting change. Apparently the first of a series, though not sure how energetically I will seek out the rest. (  ) nwhyte | Mar 2, 2020 | When Inspector Akyl Borubaev of Bishkek Murder Squad arrives at the brutal murder scene of a young woman, all evidence hints at a sadistic serial killer on the hunt for more prey. But when the young woman's father turns out to be a leading government minister, the pressure is on Borubaev to solve the case not only quickly but also quietly, by any means possible. Until more bodies are found... Still in mourning after his wife's recent death, Borubaev descends into Bishkek's brutal underworld, a place where no-one and nothing is as it seems, where everyone is playing for the highest stakes, and where violence is the only solution. I love a book that makes me immediately open Google Maps! Set in former Soviet Union state Kyrgyzstan its follows Inspector Akyl Borubaev as he tries to solve the brutal murders of several women whilst still mourning his wife's death 3 months earlier. Kyrgyzstan is unforgiving and pitiless, a country seemingly drowning in corruption, drugs, alcohol and violence. The casual misogyny is horrific and unrelenting. Descriptions of a dark brutal winter in Bishkek are so vivid you can hear the snow crunch under your boots. The characters are so well drawn, even minor ones are well fleshed out, you really care about what might happen to them in this lawless city where anything can happen to anyone. Borubaev's dead wife haunts the pages of the book and centres him bringing an emotional balance to the story “I wanted to think of her as an unseen presence, spurring me on, watching from the sidelines” I read a good number of thrillers and a lot are forgettable but this was so original and so beautifully written it will stay with me for a long time I think.... ( ) jan.fleming | Nov 9, 2015 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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In this stylish neo-noir set in the mountainous Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, hard-bitten inspector Akyl Borubaev mourns the recent death of his beloved wife--the only humanizing force in his otherwise bleak life as a homicide dective in Bishkek. As he struggles to face his personal pain, Borubaev is assigned to investigate the murder of a young woman whose horribly mutilated body is found dumped in a public park. When Borubaev discovers the woman is the only daughter of Mikhail Tynaliev, the powerful and ruthless Minister of State Security, he realizes the case will probably destroy him, regardless of where the evidence leads. Borubaev begins making enemies everywhere he turns, even as he is aided by a motley assortment of dangerous cutthroats: his wife's uncle Kursan, whose cross-border smuggling is the stuff of local legend; the explosive police chief, who wants the case solved as soon as possible; Saltanat, a beautiful and deadly agent of the Uzbek Security Service; an entire police force of bent cops; and members of the Kyrgyz mafia. All of which would just be another day in the life of Akyl Borubaev--if the investigation didn't turn up a blood-chilling connection to multiple homicides across Kyrgyzstan--including one on a Russian military base. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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