Don#39;t miss the latest book in the Arkady Renko series, THE SIBERIAN DILEMMA by Martin Cruz Smith, ‘the master of the international thriller’ (New York Times) – available to order now!
AN ARKADY RENKO NOVEL: #8
#39;One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe#39; Val McDermid
#39;Makes tension rise through the page like a shark#39;s fin’ Independent
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When the brilliant and fearless young reporter Tatiana Petrovna falls to her death from a sixth-floor window in Moscow in the same week that notorious mob billionaire Grisha Grigorenko is shot in the back of the head, Renko finds himself on the trail of a mystery as complex and dangerous as modern Russia itself. The body of an elite government translator shows up on the sand dunes of Kalingrad: killed for nothing but a cryptic notebook filled with symbols.
A frantic hunt begins to locate and decipher this notebook. In a fast-changing and lethal race to uncover what this translator knew, and how he planned to reveal it to the world, Renko makes a startling discovery that propels him deeper into Tatiana#39;s past - and, at the same time, paradoxically, into Russia#39;s future.
Praise for Martin Cruz Smith
#39;The story drips with atmosphere and authenticity – a literary triumph#39; David Young, bestselling author of Stasi Child
#39;One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe#39; Val McDermid
‘Cleverly and intelligently told, The Girl from Venice is a truly riveting tale of love, mystery and rampant danger. I loved it’ Kate Furnivall, author of The Liberation
‘Smith not only constructs grittily realistic plots, he also has a gift for characterisation of which most thriller writers can only dream#39; Mail on Sunday
#39;Smith was among the first of a new generation of writers who made thrillers literary#39; Guardian
#39;Brilliantly worked, marvellously written . . . an imaginative triumph#39; Sunday Times
‘Martin Cruz Smith’s Renko novels are superb’ William Ryan, author of The Constant Soldier
