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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

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.

Four men select the test site for the first atomic weapon in New Mexico. One of them is Sergeant Joe Pena, a hero, informer, fighter, musician, and Indian.

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

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

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.

1922, Tokyo. Harry Niles is a 'wild child', an American boy in a strange country, ignored by his missionary parents. So Harry begins to lead his own life in the Tokyo underworld. One night, he is charged with delivering a painting to an enigmatic figure, the samurai Ishigami. It is an encounter that will haunt Harry Niles forever . . . 1937, Nanking. China is under attack. The Japanese army is brutally and systematically murdering and raping the local population. In the midst of this horror, Harry finds himself face to face once again with Lieutenant Ishigami. But for the samurai warrior, their meeting leads to the greatest possible dishonour - public humiliation. 1941, Tokyo. With the attack on Pearl Harbour only days away, Japan is on the brink of war with the United States. Harry Niles has become a man of many faces. Allying himself with both sides, he treads a dangerous - but profitable - path between the fading glory of the Chrysantheum Club, where the city's banking and industrial elite meet, and the shadowy Tokyo underworld. 'An impressively clever evocation of a time in which a cast of fallible, complext characters perform an elaborate dance of death and deception' The Times

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.

Paša Ivanov, možda i najbogatiji od svih novih ruskih milijardera, ima sve što ljudska mašta može poželjeti. Zato njegov skok u smrt s desetog kata velebne moskovske palače nema smisla. No viši policijski istražitelj Arkadij Renko neće naći nijedan trag koji bi upućivao na ubojstvo – osim tajanstvene hrpe soli u ormaru milijarderove spavaće sobe. Uporno slijedeći trag, Arkadij će nanjušiti više nego što bi itko mogao očekivati i ubrzo će biti maknut s glavnog toka istrage. Pretpostavljeni tužitelj Zurin poslat će ga na put u Zonu, zabranjeno područje oko Černobila, da istraži smrt jednog od Ivanovljevih suradnika, nadajući se da će tako ukloniti smetnju. No Renko će uz konstantno kvrckanje Geigerova brojača u pustoši Zone uz beskućnike, stare seljane, znanstvenike i miliciju pronaći dokaze za hipotezu od koje se ledi krv u žilama. Peti nastavak serijala o Arkadiju Renku Vukovi jedu pse iz pera Martina Cruza Smitha (dolazi u slijedu nakon Havanskog zaljeva), u prijevodu Gordane Mijatović i uz ilustraciju Igora Kordeja pokazat će da melankolični, beskompromisni, povučeni Renko nije izgubio ništa od svojega šarma kojim je opsjeo čitatelje u doba hladnog rata, još tamo daleke 1981. kada je objavljen prvi roman u seriji, Park Gorkoga.

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."