Martin Cruz Smith’s latest New York Times bestseller, Stalin’s Ghost is an unparalleled thriller woven with a depth of humanity and infused with his trademark dark humor and page-turning action.

Investigator Arkady Renko has the thankless job of investigating a new phenomenon: reported late-night sightings of Jose Stalin’s ghost on a Moscow subway platform. The bloody dictator can boast a two-to-one approval rating among modern Russia Decidedly better than that of Renko, whose lover, Eva, has I him for civil war veteran Detective Nikolai Isakov, a charismatic hero of the far right and, Renko suspects, a killer for hire. WI the cases entwine, Renko’s investigation leads to the bitter fie of Tver, where shady entrepreneurs collect the bones, weapons and personal effects of slain World War II soldiers - and find t even among the dead there are surprises.

“Martin Cruz Smith and Detective Arkady Renko are irresistible”

----- Time

“Mong with icons like Sherlock Holmes, Philip Marlowe, and Sam Spade, Arkady Renko has become one of the finest fictional detectives to prowl the literary landscape.”

------- The Denver Post