The night before his murder, Alex sent Arkady a cryptic message, simply containing three pictures of Russian writers. Soon after his investigation begins, Alex, a close friend of Arkady’s son, is found dead. When Karina, a staunch supporter of Lebedev and member of the Forum, goes missing, Renko is asked by her father to find her. People want change and politician Leonid Lebedev could be the man to do it. A rebellion is bubbling in the country, with new values butting heads against old-school regimes. Although he’s more disillusioned with policing and the general state of Russia than ever, he feels an odd sense of hope. Renko has been confined to a desk job by his superiors to keep him out of the way. He is unique and irreplaceable’ MICK HERRON Martin Cruz Smith does more on a page than most writers manage in a chapter. ‘The later Renko novels are stark, spare and beautiful, like trees in winter.
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