Martin Cruz Smith
Born
in Reading, Pennsylvania, The United States
November 03, 1942
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Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)
181 editions
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1981
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Polar Star (Arkady Renko, #2)
112 editions
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1989
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Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Renko, #5)
75 editions
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2004
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Havana Bay (Arkady Renko, #4)
89 editions
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published
1999
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Red Square (Arkady Renko, #3)
88 editions
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published
1992
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The Girl from Venice
29 editions
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published
2016
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Stalin's Ghost (Arkady Renko, #6)
82 editions
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published
2007
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Three Stations (Arkady Renko, #7)
21 editions
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published
2010
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Tatiana (Arkady Renko, #8)
18 editions
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published
2013
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The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9)
7 editions
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published
2019
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“Because normal human activity is worse for nature than the greatest nuclear accident in history.”
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“It was like a Russian party, Arkady thought. People got drunk, recklessly confessed their love, spilled their festering dislike, had hysterics, marched out, were dragged back in and revived with brandy. It wasn't a French salon.”
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Which Mystery/Thriller Should We Read?
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Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace: he has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You'd like to get to know Grace better. But it's difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love.
Picture this: a dinner party at their perfect home, the conversation and wine flowing. They appear to be in their element while entertaining. And Grace's friends are eager to reciprocate with lunch the following week. Grace wants to go, but knows she never will. Her friends call—so why doesn't Grace ever answer the phone? And how can she cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim?
And why are there bars on one of the bedroom windows?
The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie?
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Please make a list of every possession you consider essential to your life.
The request seems odd, even intrusive—and for the two women who answer, the consequences are devastating.
Emma
Reeling from a traumatic break-in, Emma wants a new place to live. But none of the apartments she sees are affordable or feel safe. Until One Folgate Street. The house is an architectural masterpiece: a minimalist design of pale stone, plate glass, and soaring ceilings. But there are rules. The enigmatic architect who designed the house retains full control: no books, no throw pillows, no photos or clutter or personal effects of any kind. The space is intended to transform its occupant—and it does.
Jane
After a personal tragedy, Jane needs a fresh start. When she finds One Folgate Street she is instantly drawn to the space—and to its aloof but seductive creator. Moving in, Jane soon learns about the untimely death of the home’s previous tenant, a woman similar to Jane in age and appearance. As Jane tries to untangle truth from lies, she unwittingly follows the same patterns, makes the same choices, crosses paths with the same people, and experiences the same terror, as the girl before.
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When Cal Weaver stops at a red light on a rainy night while driving home, he ignores the bedraggled-looking teenage girl trying to hitch a ride - even when she starts tapping on his window. But as soon as he realises she's one of his son's classmates, he knows he can't really leave her, alone, on the street.
But nothing prepares him for the consequences of trying to help her out. The next morning he's gone from Good Samaritan to Murder Suspect, and with one girl dead and another missing, he's suddenly at the centre of a deadly puzzle that reaches right to the heart of the town - from its bullying police force to its strangely furtive mayor - and finally to one family's shocking secret.
![Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) by Martin Cruz Smith](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images.gr-assets.com/books/1390189430s/762806.jpg)
A triple murder in a Moscow amusement center: three corpses found frozen in the snow, faces and fingers missing. Chief homicide investigator Arkady Renko is brilliant, sensitive, honest, and cynical about everything except his profession. To identify the victims and uncover the truth, he must battle the KGB, FBI, and New York police as he performs the impossible--and tries to stay alive doing it.
95 total votes
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