Gorky Park: Martin Cruz Smith: 1 (The Arkady Renko Novels) - Softcover

Smith, Martin Cruz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471131084 ISBN 13: 9781471131080

Verlag: Simon & Schuster UK, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Three bodies found frozen in the snow. And the hunt for the killer begins... A triple murder in Moscow's famous Gorky Park amusement centre rocks the capital - three corpses found in the snow, so badly mutilated that their identities can't be verified., Chief Investigator Arkady Renko from the Moscow police takes the case. Renko is a brilliant investigator - dangerously so. Now, to identify the victims and uncover the truth, he must battle the KGB, FBI and the police - and stay alive doing it....'You'll be engrossed in the atmospheric setting and the complexity of Renko's pained character' Observer'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe' Val McDermid

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'Brilliantly worked, marvellously written . . . an imaginative triumph' -- Sunday Times 'Brilliant...enough enigmas within enigmas within enigmas to reel the mind' -- The New Yorker 'Smith was among the first of a new generation of writers who made thrillers literary' -- Guardian 'The story drips with atmosphere and authenticity - a literary triumph' -- David Young, bestselling author of 'Stasi Child' `Smith not only constructs grittily realistic plots, he also has a gift for characterisation of which most thriller writers can only dream' -- Mail on Sunday `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' 'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe' -- Val McDermid 'Smith can make tension rise through the page like a shark's fin' -- Independent

Biografía del autor:

Martin Cruz Smith is the bestselling author of thirteen novels, including the Arkady Renko thrillers: Gorky Park, Polar Star, Red Square, Havana Bay, Wolves Eat Dogs, Stalin's Ghost and Three Stations. A recipient of the CWA Gold Dagger award for fiction in the UK, he is also two-time winner of the Hammett Prize in the United States. He lives in northern California with his wife and three children.

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• Verlag: Simon & Schuster UK
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1471131084
• ISBN 13: 9781471131080
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 592