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Polar Star: A Novel (Mortalis.)
Martin Cruz Smith
Ballantine Books, 2007
Sparkling
Martin Cruz Smith manages to achieve a whole breathtaking story even in the narrow space of a Fishing Ship.
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Red Square: A Novel (Mortalis.)
Martin Cruz Smith
Ballantine Books, 2007
Return of the Exile...
1992's "Red Square" is the third of what are now six Martin Cruz Smith novels featuring Russian Investigator Arkady Renko. In "Red Square," Renko returns from exile in Siberia to resume his criminal investigation duties with the Prosecutor's Office in Moscow, only to ...
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December 6: A Novel
Martin Cruz Smith
Simon & Schuster, 2002
"The gaijin is always 'It.'"
The days leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor form the basis of this thriller focused on an American who lived in Japan from birth to his late teens, then returned ten years later--after the Nanking Massacre but before the United States entered the war. ...
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Havana Bay: A Novel (Mortalis.)
Martin Cruz Smith
Ballantine Books, 2008
John LeCarre move over!
Cruz Smith's best since Gorky Park. Protaganist, Arkady Renko, wounded though he is, manages to rise to the occasion in his pursuit of identifying a fellow Russian pulled from the waters of Havana Bay. Set in today's Cuba, with its beauty and crumbling decay wrought by ...
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Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Renko Novels)
Martin Cruz Smith
Pocket, 2006
Unmatched
Martin Cruz Smith never lets me down!!!! I would not call it one of his best, however very satisfied and enjoyed the read very very much!!! Have recommended this book to many MCS's fans, and would recommend it to anyone who is looking for one of the best, exciting ...
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Red Square (Arkady Renko Novels)
Martin Cruz Smith
Ballantine Books, 1993
Back in the USSR
Martin Cruz Smith is a former journalist and magazine editor. "Red Square" is his third novel - after " Gorky Park " and "Polar Star" - to feature Arkady Renko and was first published in 1992.
Renko, the hero, works as an Investigator with Moscow's militia - more ...
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Gorky Park: A Novel (Mortalis.)
Martin Cruz Smith
Ballantine Books, 2007
Best Martin Cruz Smith Work Ever
This is hands down his best book. You cannot beat this through out any of his other books. I am a Martin Cruz Smith fan as I have read most of his books and I still continue to re-read this book.
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Stallion Gate
Martin Cruz Smith
Ballantine Books, 1987
Star Crossed??
I went looking for this book for a friend. I had read it when it was published years ago and was more than impressed with the story. It was just a great read! I noticed all of these "1 Star" ratings and could not imagine who might give it that sort of evaluation. It ...
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Rose
Martin Cruz Smith
Ballantine Books, 2000
Masterful despite a plot quirk
Rose is one of the most evocative, beautifully written historical novels I've ever read. Smith picks you up and puts you down in a Victorian-era mining village where you can feel the coal dust in the air, as well as an undercurrent of danger. His descriptions are ...
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Stalin's Ghost: An Arkady Renko Novel
Martin Cruz Smith
Pocket, 2008
Arakdy Renko is Back and it was Worth the Wait
Stalin has been spotted, or rather his ghost has been seen in the Chistye Prudy Metro Station. Has he come back to Moscow to haunt the underground? Hardly. But the powers that be want Arakdy Renko to investigate and when he arrives on the scene he does indeed find ...
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Tokyo Station
Martin Cruz Smith
Pan Books, 2003
Same story,different name
This book is the British edition of "December 6"! I bought it blind, thinking it was a CIA story . . .
So don't get taken!
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Nightwing
Martin Cruz Smith
Jove Books, 1978
Gloriously okay
In this book, a plaque of vampire bats rises up out of a cave in the New Mexico desert.
Yeah, that's pretty much the story.
I mean, sure they bite people, and people die, and there are some reasons why the bats are there, and the New Mexico desert and the ...
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Polar Star
Martin Cruz Smith
Random, 1989
I Love Arkady Renko
Martin Cruz Smith has created a sensational, if laconic, character in Arkady Renko. He is relentless, subtle, very human and very flawed. Set on a Russian fishing factory ship, the place description is as fantastic as the story. His characters are unique and his ...
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Red Square
Martin Cruz Smith
Recorded Books, Inc., 1993
Suspenseful mystery that takes place in newly democartic Moscow. By the author of Gorky Park.
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Death by Espionage: Intriguing Stories of Deception and Betrayal
Cumberland House Publishing, 1999
Not bad at all
All collections of short stories are going to have their hits and their near-misses. Fans of Sherlock Holmes will welcome the inclusion of the "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans", though it's not one of Conan Doyle's best. Ed Hoch leaves a hard-boiled little ...
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