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Arkady Renko #1

Gorky Park

Name: Gorky Park
Rating: 4.04 (69688 reviews)
Author: Martin Cruz Smith

Martin Cruz Smith January 1, 1981

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It begins with a triple murder in a Moscow amusement three corpses found frozen in the snow, faces and fingers missing. Chief homicide investigator Arkady Renko is brilliant, sensitive, honest, and cynical about everything except his profession. To identify the victims and uncover the truth, he must battle the KGB, FBI, and the New York City police as he pursues a rich, ruthless, and well-connected American fur dealer. Meanwhile, Renko is falling in love with a beautiful, headstrong dissident for whom he may risk everything.

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