Read on BBC Book at Bedtime from 13th June to 20th June 2011.
The latest thriller by the author of Gorky Park is set in Putin's Moscow where three stations meet. As she arrives at the station a teenage girl wakes to find her baby has been taken. A prostitute has been found dead in a trailer in Three Stations without a mark on her. Renko's curiosity is aroused. This is the stunning new thriller from the author of Gorky Park and Stalin's Ghost.
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: #7
'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
*** Investigator Arkady Renko has been suspended from the Moscow prosecutor's office for smashing through the corruption of Russia's underbelly to uncover unpleasant truths. Despite this, he strives to solve a final case: a young woman is found dead in a work shed on the perimeter of Moscow's main rail hub, and Renko is the only one who recognises it to be more than a simple drug overdose. The case quickly unveils itself as an entangled web of murder, money and madness that stretches from the lowest of street urchins to the powerful billionaires, uncovering the extent of corruption and fear in an emergent Russia.
Praise for Martin Cruz Smith
'The story drips with atmosphere and authenticity - a literary triumph' David Young, bestselling author of Stasi Child
'Smith not only constructs grittily realistic plots, he also has a gift for characterisation of which most thriller writers can only dream' Mail on Sunday
'Smith was among the first of a new generation of writers who made thrillers literary' Guardian
'Brilliantly worked, marvellously written . . . an imaginative triumph' Sunday Times
'Martin Cruz Smith's Renko novels are superb' William Ryan, author of The Constant Soldier
Martin Cruz Smith’s novels include Gorky Park, Stallion Gate, Polar Star, Red Square, Rose, Havana Bay and Stalin’s Ghost. A recipient of the CWA Gold Dagger for fiction in the UK, he is also two-time winner of the Hammett Prize in the United States. He lives with his wife and children in northern California.
