Havana Bay 9781471131110 Paperback

Don’t miss the latest book in the Arkady Renko series,THE SIBERIAN DILEMMAby Martin Cruz Smith, the master of the international thriller (New York Times) available to order now!AN ARKADY RENKO NOVEL: #4’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 finIndependent***Former Inspector for the Moscow Militsiya, Arkady Renko, is summoned to Cuba to identify a liquefying corpse, dragged from the oily waters of Havana Bay. Renko finds himself in a decaying country, the final recess of Communism – a place where Russia is despised, exotic rituals take precedence and unexpected danger meets bewildering contradictions. After a harrowing experience that has left Renko on the verge of suicide, this new mystery leads him on a trail of deceit that reaches international proportions, and gives him a reason to relish his own life again.Praise for Martin Cruz Smith’The storydrips with atmosphere and authenticity a literary triumph’ David Young, bestselling author ofStasi Child’One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views withrespect bordering on awe’Val McDermidCleverly and intelligently told,The Girl from Veniceisa truly riveting tale of love, mystery and rampant danger. I loved it Kate Furnivall, author ofThe LiberationSmith not only constructsgrittily realisticplots, 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 TimesMartin Cruz Smiths Renko novels aresuperb William Ryan, author ofThe Constant Soldier