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Martin Cruz Smith's "masterful" ("USA TODAY") and "irresistible"
("People") "New York Times" bestseller and "Washington Post"
notable book of the year: Arkady Renko must connect the dots among
a Russian journalist's mysterious death, corrupt politicians,
murderous gangsters, and brazen bureaucrats.
Arkady Renko, one of the iconic investigators of contemporary
fiction, has survived the cultural journey from the Soviet Union to
the New Russia, only to find the nation as obsessed with secrecy
and brutality as was the old Communist dictatorship. In "Tatiana,"
the melancholy hero unravels a mystery as complex and dangerous as
modern Russia itself.
The reporter Tatiana Petrovna falls to her death from a sixth-floor
window in Moscow the same week that a mob billionaire is shot and
buried with the trappings due a lord. The trail leads to
Kaliningrad, a Cold War "secret city" that is separated by hundreds
of miles from the rest of Russia. The more Arkady delves into
Tatiana's past, the more she leads him into a surreal world of
wandering sand dunes, abandoned children, and a notebook written in
the personal code of a dead translator. Finally, in a lethal race
to uncover what the translator knew, Renko makes a startling
discovery that draws him still deeper into Tatiana's past--and,
paradoxically, into Russia's future, where bulletproof cars, poets,
corruption of the Baltic Fleet, and a butcher for hire combine to
give Kaliningrad the "distinction" of having the highest crime rate
in Russia.
More than a mystery, "Tatiana" is Martin Cruz Smith's most
ambitious and politically daring novel since "Gorky Park." It is a
story rich in character, black humor, and romance, with an insight
that is the hallmark of a writer "The" "New York Times" has called
"endlessly entertaining and deeply serious... not merely] our best
writer of suspense, but of one of our best writers, period."
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Empire
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Clifford D. Simak
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The Cuckoo
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Camilla Lackberg
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Detective Patrik Hedström and Erica Falck are back, in an irresistible Scandi crime thriller for fans of Jo Nesbo and Lars Kepler.
As a heavy mist rolls into the Swedish coastal town of Fjällbacka, shocking violence shakes the small community to its core. Rolf Stenklo, a famous photographer, is found murdered in his gallery. Two days later, a brutal tragedy on a private island leaves the prestigious Bauer family devastated.
With his boss acting strangely, Detective Patrik Hedström is left to lead the investigation. Tensions rise threatening cracks in the team of officers at Tanumshede police station and pressure mounts as the press demand answers.
In pursuit of inspiration for her next true-crime book, Patrik's wife Erica Falck leaves behind their three children and travels to Stockholm to research the unsolved decades-old murder of a figure from Rolf's past. As Erica searches for the truth, she realizes that her mystery is connected to Patrik's case. These threads from the past are woven into the present and old sins leave behind long shadows.
Six friends gather at a country house for a birthday weekend. They
decide to play a game.
All six names go in a hat. Choose two, and imagine one murdering the
other. Write it down. Type it up. Read it out.
Points are given for making the murders sound convincing.
Of course, when given such a task, it’s only natural to use what you
know. Secrets. Grudges. Affairs.
But once you’ve put it in a story, that secret is out.
So with each fictional murder, someone gets a motive for a real one.
Which leads to the most important question:
When a real murder comes, will you be able to spot it in time?
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