Perestrojka en glasnost hebben ervoor gezorgd dat Arkady Renko weer terug is bij de politie. Perestrojka en glasnost hebben er ook voor gezorgd dat de criminaliteit in Moskou groeit als nooit tevoren. Vlak nadat Renko op de bloeiende zwarte markt in Moskou een ontmoeting heeft met informant Rudi Rosen, ontploft Rudi's auto samen met Rudi en het bewijsmateriaal dat Renko graag in bezit had willen krijgen. Renko en zijn partner Jaak stellen een onderzoek in naar de moord en komen in botsing met het nieuwe Moskou: het nieuwe kapitalisme, de nieuwe Sovjet-maffia en de aloude, corrupte machthebbers van toen.
Detective Arkady Renko returns to his Moscow base in Martin Cruz Smith's exciting installment in the internationally bestselling series about Russian crimes, broken hearts, and the mysteries of the soul. Investigator Arkady Renko, the pariah of the Moscow prosecutor's office, has been assigned the thankless job of investigating a new phenomenon: late-night subway riders report seeing the ghost of Joseph Stalin on the platform of the Chistye Prudy Metro station. The illusion seems part political hocus-pocus and also part wishful thinking, for among many Russians Stalin is again popular; the bloody dictator can boast a two-to-one approval rating. Decidedly better than that of Renko, whose lover, Eva, has left him for Detective Nikolai Isakov, a charismatic veteran of the civil war in Chechnya, a hero of the far right and, Renko suspects, a killer for hire. The cases entwine, and Renko's quests become a personal inquiry fueled by jealousy. The investigation leads to the fields of Tver outside of Moscow, where once a million soldiers fought. There, amidst the detritus, Renko must confront the ghost of his own father, a favorite general of Stalin's. In these barren fields, patriots and shady entrepreneurs—the Red Diggers and Black Diggers—collect the bones, weapons and personal effects of slain World War II soldiers, and find that even among the dead there are surprises.
In a New Mexico snow storm, four men cross a barbed-wire fence at Stallion Gate to select a test site for the first atomic weapon. They are Oppenheimer, the physicist; Groves, the general; Fuchs, the spy. The fourth man is Sergeant Joe Peña, a hero, informer, fighter, musician, Indian. These four men—and a cast of soldiers, roughnecks and scientists—will change history forever.
Back from exile in the hellish reaches of the Soviet Union, homicide investigator Arkady Renko discovers that his country, his Moscow, even his job, are nearly dead. But his enemies are very much alive, and foremost among them are the powerful black-market crime lords of the Russian mafia. Hounded by this terrifying new underworld, chased by the ruthless minions of the newly rich and powerful, and tempted by his great love, defector Irina Asanova, Arkady can only hope desperately for escape. But fate has something else in store.A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK“Extraordinary.”–Time“Sharply, evocatively written and elaborately plotted . . . [Red Square] should find as many friends as did Gorky Park.”–The Washington Post Book World“Gripping . . . Smith at his best.”–The Wall Street Journal“A crackling suspense thriller.”–The Boston Globe“Fascinating . . . powerful.”–The Philadelphia Inquirer“Absorbing.”–The New York Times
From the author of "Gorky Park" comes a sweeping novel in the tradition of "The French Lieutenant's Woman." 1872: Adventurer Jonathan Blair searches for a missing man in the dark heart of industrial England. There he is drawn into a love story as potentially explosive as the coal mines around him. "A first-rate gripper."--"San Francisco Chronicle."
