VADIM BY DONALD JAMES IN SOUTH AFRICA

  VADIM BY DONALD JAMES POLITICAL/THRILLER   In 2020, as a divided and impoverished Russia is driven further into chaos by refugees fleeing, and spreading, a TB epidemic, former policeman Vadim is sent to the US to scout for football players; he does not like acting as errand boy for his old friend Roy, political boss of the North East, but it is better than the possibly fatal alternatives. He finds himself caught up in the affairs of Katerina, the Drunker Russian wife of   Presidential hopeful   Rushton; very soon he finds himself helping to investigate her abduction and murder and that of Rushton’s niece by a serial killer controlled enough to work for hire. He also finds himself hopelessly in love with Katerina’s blind daughter.   Vadim is an intelligent book about politics and justice.   Rushton is campaigning on a programme of massive aid to Russia and when the question arises of whether he is involved with the murders, knowlingly or unknowlingly, Vadim has to balance different sorts of public good and personal loyalty……   PAPERBACK IN GOOD CONDITION 2001 502 PAGES