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superb I love all the Arkady novels, and to date this is the best of the bunch. They are all great, except maybe for Havana Bay which is a little weak, but only when compared to the enormous strength of the others. Read all and enjoy, and re-read in the dry times without a new edition to savour!
I am not generally a reader of crime fiction, but this series is not engaging and rich to surpass being categorised or restricted. An enthralling and engrossing read that demonstrates the sheer joy of reading.
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 or less the standard police force - and has something of a chequered career. Never a truly 'practising' member of the Party, Renko hasn't always been thought highly of by those in authority. He has always wanted to catch the people responsible... more info
"Who can we be, if we get out alive?" First published in 1992, _Red Square_ illustrates the complexities which have emerged as the Russians allow some private enterprise but have not yet become a democracy. Hardliners want to perpetuate their own way of life, while young people and the hungry proletariat want reform and their own piece of the pie. Arkady Renko, who has appeared in two previous Cruz Smith novels (Gorky Park and Polar Star), has returned to Moscow from exile and has resumed his job as a detective, this time investigating... more info
Renko's return to Moscow... ...and how it has changed! When we first met Chief Investigator Captain Arkady Renko it was at the height of the Cold War when he investigated the deaths of three mutilated bodies in a Moscow park that led to an international conspiracy that reached deep into the Kremlin circle of power. As a "reward" for solving the murders, poor old Renko was stripped of his position and ended up as a 20th century galley slave on a Soviet factory ship in the Arctic circle. After redeeming himself he is back in Moscow, but... more info
