Martin Cruz Smith je americký autor známý svými napínavými thrillery. Jeho díla často zkoumají složitosti mezinárodní politiky a lidské povahy prostřednictvím poutavých detektivních příběhů. Smith se proslavil zejména svou sérií s moskevským vyšetřovatelem Arkadijem Renkem, která začala románem Gorkého park. Tyto příběhy jsou ceněny pro svou atmosféru, komplexní zápletky a pronikavý pohled na ruskou společnost.
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.
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.
Venedig, kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs: Eines Nachts entdeckt der junge Fischer Cenzo in der Lagune eine junge Frau, die scheinbar leblos im Wasser treibt. Doch Giulia Silber ist nicht tot, sie schwimmt um ihr Leben, denn das Versteck, in das sich ihre Familie mit anderen Juden geflüchtet hatte, wurde verraten, und sie hat als einzige überlebt. Cenzo entscheidet sich, Giulia zu helfen. Doch nachdem er versucht hat, sie in Sicherheit zu bringen, verliert sich von ihr jede Spur. Cenzo macht sich auf die Suche, es ist ein Rennen gegen die Zeit, denn nicht nur er will das schöne eigenwillige Mädchen finden... »Im Schatten von San Marco« ist ein spannender Liebesroman und eine mitreißende Schilderung der letzten Kriegstage in Norditalien.
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.
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.
Why is Pasha Ivanov - one of Russia's richest oligarchs - lying dead on the pavement outside his luxury high-rise apartment, his death an apparent open-and-shut suicide? Senior Investigator Arkady Renko has never been one to take evidence at face value and his investigations take him to the area around Chernobyl, deserted and forgotten.
