I think we’ve all been waiting for another Gorky Park for the atmosphere of that far outshone the plot. Now we have its equal with the backdrop of Chernobyl. The portrayal of the scale of the disaster and its aftermath is mind-numbing. Oh, we have suspected suicide, mysterious informers, more deaths, a fleeting romance, the Russian Mafia and, of course, the weary, cynical, out-of-favour Moscow investigator Renko, but it’s the setting that really steals the show here.
The explanation for the killings and how they were carried out could have been more intriguing but my expectations had been roused to such a level that it would have been almost impossible to satisfy them in this truly atmospheric read.
Comparison: Robert Harris, Ken Follett, Glenn Meade.
Similar this month: Allan Folsom, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Don't 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: #5 'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe' Val McDermid 'Makes tension rise through the page like a shark's fin' Independent *** The iron curtain has fallen and a screen of nouveau capitalism stands in its place. Though the New Russia is foreign to Renko, the corruption and brutality that he encounters are all too familiar.
Wolves Eat Dogs features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Action Adventure, eBooks of the Month, Crime and Mystery, Fiction, Recommendations
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Wolves Eat Dogs was written by Martin Cruz Smith and published by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd. an imprint of Simon & Schuster UK
Wolves Eat Dogs has 336 pages
Yes it is part of The Arkady Renko Novels series
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