Tatiana

Dont 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

One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on aweVal McDermid

Makes tension rise through the page like a sharks 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 Tatianas past - and, at the same time, paradoxically, into Russias future.

Praise for Martin Cruz Smith

The story drips with atmosphere and authenticity – a literary triumph David Young, bestselling author of Stasi Child

One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe 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 Mail on Sunday

Smith was among the first of a new generation of writers who made thrillers literary Guardian

Brilliantly worked, marvellously written . . . an imaginative triumph Sunday Times

‘Martin Cruz Smith’s Renko novels are superb’ William Ryan, author of The Constant Soldier