Traffic North

“I’m not your usual cop,” Anchorage Detective Sasha Kulaeva admits. No kidding. Since the death of her State Trooper husband in a drug bust, she’s sought balm in booze (without much success) and has become a dedicated vigilante (with too much success). For Sasha, Miranda is an impediment, the ACLU, meddlers. Now she’s partnered with Charlie Dana, a straight-shooting FBI agent, more boy scout than action hero. “You’ll bend the law however it suits you,” Charlie complains to her. “Bend it. Beat it. Shake it. Break it,” she answers. Their widely differing views on the law make for a contentious working relationship that simmers in Anchorage, boils over in the Aleutian Islands, and comes to an explosive conclusion in Vladivostok, on Russia’s east coast.