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Špionážní román amerického autora je situován do Moskvy sedmdesátých let. Zfilmováno v roce 1983 jako Park Gorkého. Moskva, doba tuhého komunismu. V Parku Gorkého se najdou tři zohavené mrtvoly. Snímek zkušeného Michaela Apteda Park Gorkého vznikl v roce 1983. Na americký film má poněkud atypický námět a atypického hrdinu. Hlavní vyšetřovatel moskevské milice Arkadij Renko řeší případ záhadné vraždy tří mladých lidí, do něhož je zapletena KGB, zkorumpovaná justice i cynický americký obchodník s kožešinami. Spravedlivý a čestný policista tedy bojuje s mocnou přesilou, ale nakonec díky pomoci newyorského detektiva (!) a nonkonformní ruské dívky Iriny zajistí za cenu mnoha životů průchod právu. Solidní politicko-kriminální drama se rozvíjí v pomalém tempu s občasnými akčními scénami. Tvůrcům se celkem podařilo vystihnout sovětské reálie, byť natáčeli ve Finsku. Ve své době byl Park Gorkého možná zajímavou výpovědí o poměrech, o nichž na Západě musely být notně zkreslené představy. Dnes by však stěží obstál před obrazem, jaký o své zemi podávají tamní filmaři....

Při rybaření v Beringově moři je nalezena mladá dívka.Vyšetřování záhadné dívčiny smrti je napínavým obsahem románu.

Po návratu z exilu v pekelných končinách Sovětského svazu zjistí vyšetřovatel vražd Arkady Renko, že jeho země, Moskva, a dokonce i jeho práce jsou téměř mrtvé. Jeho nepřátelé však zůstávají velmi živí, přičemž mezi nimi vynikají mocní králové černého trhu ruské mafie. Pronásledován tímto děsivým novým podsvětím, honěn bezohlednými poskoky nově bohatých a mocných a lákán svou velkou láskou, dezertérkou Irinou Asanovou, může Arkady jen zoufale doufat v útěk. Osud mu však připravil něco jiného.

Gypsy antique dealer Roman Grey is back in one of Martin Cruz Smith's most beloved novels--the exciting and fast-paced Canto for a Gypsy.The priceless Royal Crown of Hungary is on display in St Patrick's Cathedral in New York. Guarded by many, including the NYPD and the gypsy antique dealer Roman Grey, a heist is impossible. But everybody wants the legendary Crown of Saint Stephen. The Hungarian government wants it as a symbol of national greatness. Exiled rebels want it simply to rob the Communists of their pleasure. And an ex-Nazi art plunderer wants it to settle a very old score. Then the unthinkable happens, and murder, mayhem, and all hell breaks loose...and only Grey knows the century's old secret about the crown. About the Author Martin Cruz Smith's novels include Gorky Park, Stallion Gate, Nightwing, Polar Star, Stalin's Ghost, Rose, December 6, Tatiana, The Girl from Venice, and The Siberian Dilemma. He is a two-time winner of the Hammett Prize, a recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award and Britain's Golden Dagger Award, and a winner of the Premio Piemonte Giallo Internazionale. He lives in California.

In his groundbreaking Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith created one of the iconic investigators of contemporary fiction, Arkady Renko. In Tatiana, Smith delivers his most ambitious and politically daring novel since. 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 Tatiana's past - and, at the same time, paradoxically, into Russia's future.

Football is everything in Uruguay, yet the story remains untold. In this first English-language history of the Uruguayan game, From Beauty to Duty maps football's journey from exclusive British pastime to national passion, bringing to life the teams, players and personalities who helped create one of the world's most intense sporting cultures.

Set against a backdrop of political intrigue and espionage, this Arkady Renko thriller delves into complex characters and gripping narratives. With a blend of historical context and modern-day tension, it promises to engage readers who enjoy the works of Robert Harris, Ken Follett, and Philip Kerr. The story unfolds with Renko navigating a web of deception, making it a captivating read for those who appreciate thrilling mysteries and deep character exploration.

Gorky ParkA 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.NightwingVampire bats: Evil. Clever.Deadly.Driven by blood-hunger across the American landscape, they bred and multiplied, unseen and unsuspected, each one a grisly messenger of death. No warm-blooded creature is safe from their thirst. Now, as darkness gathers, the sky is filled with the frantic motion, the maddening murmur of . . . Nightwing.

Follow-up to _Chickenhawk_ covers his post-Vietnam struggles with PTSD and civilian life.

Masterfully crafted and told with extraordinary insight and imaginative breadth, the bestselling author of GORKY PARK brings us Renko's most beguiling and unusual adventure to date.

I 1872 vender en engelsk mineingeniør modvilligt hjem fra Guldkysten. Hans foresatte sender ham til en mineby i Lancashire for at finde en forsvunden kapellan, og det bliver i enhver forstand en barsk og farefuld færd i en rå og umenneskelig underverden

In Three Stations, Renko's skills are put to their most severe test. Though he has been technically suspended from the prosecutor's office for once again turning up unpleasant truths, he strives to solve a last case: the death of an elegant young woman whose body is found in a construction trailer on the perimeter of Moscow's main rail hub. It looks like a simple drug overdose to everyone -- except to Renko, whose examination of the crime scene turns up some inexplicable clues, most notably an invitation to Russia's premier charity ball, the billionaires' Nijinksy Fair. Thus a sordid death becomes interwoven with the lifestyles of Moscow's rich and famous, many of whom are clinging to their cash in the face of Putin's crackdown on the very oligarchs who placed him in power. Renko uncovers a web of death, money, madness and a kidnapping that threatens the woman he is coming to love and the lives of children he is desperate to protect. In Three Stations, Smith produces a complex and hauting vision of an emergent Russia's secret underclass of street urchins, greedy thugs and a bureaucracy still paralyzed by power and fear.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Gorky Park and Havana Bay comes another gripping novel of loyalty, betrayal, and intrigue on the eve of the greatest military conflict in the history of mankind.... DECEMBER 6 Amid the imperialist fervor of late 1941 Tokyo, Harry Niles is a man with a mission -- self-preservation. But Niles was raised by missionary parents and educated in the shadows of Tokyo's underworld -- making his loyalties as dubious as his business dealings. Now, on the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Niles must decide where his true allegiances lie, as he tries to juggle his Japanese mistress and an adulterous affair with the wife of a British diplomat; avoid a modern-day samurai who is honor-bound to kill him; and survive the machinations of the Japanese high command, whose plans for conquest may just dictate his survival. Set in a maelstrom of personal temptations and mortal enemies, with a remarkable anti-hero caught in a land he can never call his own, DECEMBER 6 is a triumph of imagination, history, and riveting storytelling.

When the corpse of a Russian is hauled from the oily waters of Havana Bay, Arkady Renko comes to Cuba to identify the body. Looking for the killer, he discovers a city of faded loneliness, unexpected danger, and bewildering contradictions. His investigation introduces him to a beautiful Cuban policewoman; to the rituals of Santeria; to an American fugitive and a group of ruthless mercenaries. In this place where all things Russian are despised, where Hemingway fished and the KGB flourished, where the hint of music is always in the air, Arkady finds a trail of deceit that reaches halfway around the world–and a reason to relish his own life again.

Arkady Renko is back . . . 'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe' Val McDermid

Moscow lies deep under snow, and Arkady Renko is called in to handle a delicate matter: passengers riding the last metro of the night have reported seeing the ghost of Stalin on the platform edge. Renko's girlfriend Eva and his adopted son, Zhenya, seem to be slipping into danger.

From the award-winning author of Gorky Park comes a breathtaking novel featuring investigator Arkady Renko, who travels deep into Siberia to find missing journalist Tatiana Petrovna. Renko, Tatiana’s part-time lover, hasn’t seen her since she left for an assignment over a month ago. When she fails to arrive on her scheduled train, he becomes convinced something is wrong. While others dismiss his concerns, knowing Tatiana’s tendency to disappear during assignments, Renko is acutely aware of her enemies and their willingness to silence her. His quest takes him from Lake Baikal to Chita, where he discovers Tatiana has been profiling political dissident Mikhail Kuznetsov, a rising star in the oil industry and a serious threat to Putin’s regime. However, Kuznetsov's image becomes tarnished when he is linked to the murder of his business partner, Boris Benz. In a harsh landscape filled with shamans, wealthy oligarchs, and legends of sea monsters, Renko must rely on his instincts to rescue Tatiana. This latest installment in the series offers a gripping exploration of contemporary Russia, revealing the intricate world of political intrigue and corruption, all delivered with the author’s signature wit and insight.

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.

A beautiful young woman called Marilyn picks up a stranger in a bar and takes him home to her Manhattan apartment. The next morning her housekeeper discovers Marilyn's body. Marilyn's life and death have far-reaching effects on others, even people she has never met: a charismatic former police commissioner on the verge of a breakdown; a struggling writer; a folk art dealer plumbing the depths of her own fierce sexuality; a lawyer who prefers murder trials because there's one less witness. And in a city reeling from 9/11, an unlikely mass murderer wages a one-man war against everyone. In this gripping, multi-faceted story, Block not only brings to life in brilliant detail the city of New York, but proves he is one of the most talented, innovative and surprising crime writers in the business.

From the 'master of the international thriller' (New York Times), comes a new stand-alone novel.

Tra la neve del Gorky Park di Mosca emergono i corpi mutilati di due uomini e una donna. È il punto di partenza di un thriller paragonabile ai capolavori di Le Carré.

S&S; is delighted to present the stunningly repackaged backlist of internationally bestselling author Martin Cruz Smith

Moscú, años ochenta. Los moscovitas carecen de libertad e intentan sobrevivir como pueden. La dirigencia, rica y corrupta, está decidida a erradicar cualquier clase de iniciativa individual. Arkady Renko es un investigador de la milicia moscovita, que se esfuerza por hacer su trabajo a pesar de las intromisiones del KGB. La aparición de tres cadáveres, desfigurados y sin huellas dactilares, bajo la nieve del Parque Gorki supondrá un desafío para Renko, pues cualquier descubrimiento que incomode al gobierno significará el fin de la investigación.

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Het onderzoek naar een bomaanslag voert een Moskouse politieman in augustus 1991 naar München, waar zijn ex-vriendin werkt bij een anti-Sovjet radiozender.

Arkadi Renko, de hoofdpersoon uit de veelgeprezen en verfilmde thriller Gorki Park is terug. Niet als politie-inspecteur, maar als arbeider op een Russische drijvende visfabriek genaamd Poolster. Wanneer het lijk van een vrouwelijk bemanningslid uit het ijskoude water van de Bering Straat wordt opgehaald, vraagt de kapitein aan Arkadi of hij dit incident wil onderzoeken. Steeds dieper dringt Arkadi door tot de complexe intriges van de sinistere bemanning van de Poolster. Maar ook hun Amerikaanse collega's van The Eagle, met wie de Russen in het kader van de perestrojka een samenwerkingsverband hebben opgezet, spelen een duistere rol in het geheel. Langzamerhand legt Arkadi Renko een web bloot van smokkel, corruptie, drugs en spionage... Ook in deze roman weet Martin Smith weer met meesterhand zijn personages te beschrijven. Poolster: een ijselijk spannende thriller die alles biedt waar de talrijke fans van Gorki Park op hebben gewacht.