New I'd come back round to thi9s one eventually. Three bodies under the snow, mutilated to prevent identificiation. Chief Investgator Renko's forst priority is to get the KGB to take the obviously dangerous case off his hands, but everyone seems to to want him to carry on, and he does, uncovering the names of the victims, meeting the beautiful Irina, and pursuing their ruthless, powerful, apparently untouchable killer. It's a classic for a reason.