He made too many enemies. He lost his party membership. Once Moscowâs top criminal investigator, Arkady Renko now toils in obscurity on a Russian factory ship working with American trawlers in the middle of the Bering Sea. But when an adventurous female crew member is picked up dead with the dayâs catch, Renko is ordered by his captain to investigate an accident that has all the marks of murder. Up against the celebrated Soviet bureaucracy once more, Renko must again become the obsessed, dedicated cop he was in Gorky Park and solve a chilling mystery fraught with international complications.
âStunning.â
âThe New York Times Book Review
âImpossible to put down . . . a book of heart-stopping suspense and intricate plotting, but also a meticulously researched, ambitious literary work of great distinction.â
âThe Detroit News
âMartin Cruz Smith writes the most inventive thrillers of anyone in the first rank of thriller writers.â
âThe Washington Post Book World
âGripping . . . absorbing.â
âThe Philadelphia Inquirer
THIS TITLE COMES FROM MORTALIS: Mysteries and Thrillers
Random House Trade Paperbacks is please to present Mortalis, a line of books featuring mysteries and thrillers that are historical and/or international in scope. The list includes trade paperback originals as well as reprints of classic mysteries, international thrillers, and the occasional tale of true crime.
"Mortalis gives us an ideal way to introduce the best new writers as well as to celebrate the masters in these genres," said Jane von Mehren, Vice President and Publisher, Trade Paperbacks, Random House Publishing Group.
Mortalis republishes some classic authors such as Martin Cruz Smith , P. D. James, Robert Harris, Agatha Christie, and Wilkie Collins as well as original trade paperbacks such as Boris Akunin's SISTER PELAGIA AND THE WHITE BULLDOG (the start of a new series from an internationally bestselling author), New York Times Notable author David Corbett's BLOOD OF PARADISE, and Alex Carr's literary thriller AN ACCIDENTAL AMERICAN. Featuring stunning new packaging, each title contains a "dossier" in the back-a brand new commentary section that illuminates a specific and intriguing aspect of the work, or the author's career.
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
- Spies & Politics
- Espionage
- Spies & Politics
- Thrillers & Suspense
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Author : Smith, Martin Cruz
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2007-06-12
Number Of Pages : 400
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0345498178
ISBN-13 : 9780345498175
Item weight : 0.65 lb
Dimensions : 1 in x 5.2 in x 8 in
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