The Girl from Moscow's Edge (Zoya Volkova Russian Noir Thrillers, #0.5)

Stealing from the Russian mob is Zoya’s only chance to support her little brother—until someone kills her accomplice.

With Russia’s sexist law banning women from working as auto mechanics, Zoya Volkova turns to small-time cons. But luring gullible drivers into staged crashes and car repair scams doesn’t bring in enough to rescue her little brother from their toxic mother or build a life away from Moscow’s underworld.

Out of options and desperate, Zoya agrees to take part in a heist dangerous enough to cost her life. When the mastermind behind the job is murdered, she must figure out whether it was the crime boss they were targeting—or one of their own. If she doesn’t get to the truth fast, she’ll be the next to die.

Before she can abandon the plan and run for her life, tragedy strikes her family—and now she needs the heist money to find out if her brother is even alive. But to survive the job, she’ll have to uncover who killed her friend and decide who she can trust.

Easy, right?

Except the truth may be more deadly than a Russian mobster’s gun.

A dark and twisted page-turner with a spine-chilling whodunit at its heart, The Girl from Moscow's Edge is perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Lisa Gardner, and Robert Dugoni.