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G.D. Abson

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G.D. Abson is the author of Motherland, the first in his Senior Investigator Natalya Ivanova series set in Vladimir Putin's Russia.

Motherland is a Times/ Sunday Times Crime Club Star Pick and has been shortlisted for a Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger.

G.D. (alias Garry David) was born in County Durham, England, and brought up on army bases in Germany and Singapore before returning to the UK. He developed a lifelong obsession with Russia after studying the revolution at school and Russian politics at university as the Soviet Union collapsed.

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I got to ask where do you hang your hat? I'm from Scandinavian and Nordic Mysteries and Thrillers and I need to put you in a author category.

G.D. Abson Hi Ken, good question - I have two hats!

History and weather put Motherland firmly in the Scandi category, and without giving too much away, some Scand…moreHi Ken, good question - I have two hats!

History and weather put Motherland firmly in the Scandi category, and without giving too much away, some Scandi locations are in the novel. My heroine, Captain Ivanova, is also a cultural outcast in the vein of Hoeg's wonderful Miss Smilla.

But, where Scandi's fascination lies in dark crimes being committed within a supposedly liberal, ordered, society, Motherland is the opposite. My detective is trying to find her way in a dark, corrupting, seductive, and chaotic country. In that way, it's closer to the noir worlds of Philip Kerr and Martin Cruz Smith.(less)

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Average rating: 3.78 · 643 ratings · 121 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Motherland (Natalya Ivanova, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Wolf (Natalya Ivanova, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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