Martin Cruz Smith

Parque Gorki fue un extraordinario best seller en los a#os ochenta, ambientado en la #poca que Lenid Breznev estaba al frente de la Uni#n Sovi#tica, un integrante de la vieja guardia que suprimi# las t#midas reformas liberalizadoras de Krushchev. Mosc#, a#os ochenta. Los moscovitas carecen de libertad e intentan sobrevivir como pueden. La dirigencia, rica y corrupta, est# decidida a erradicar cualquier clase de iniciativa individual. Arkady Renko es un investigador de la milicia moscovita, que se esfuerza por hacer su trabajo a pesar de las intromisiones del KGB. La aparici#n de tres cad#veres, desfigurados y sin huellas dactilares, bajo la nieve del Parque Gorki supondr# un desaf#o para Renko, pues cualquier descubrimiento que incomode al gobierno significar# el fin de la investigaci#n.

A World War II love story set against the romance and danger of occupied Venice. Cenzo is a world-weary fisherman, determined to sit out the rest of the war. He's happy to stay out of the way of the SS, quietly going about his business of fishing in the lagoons of northern Italy. Then one night, instead of pulling in his usual haul, Cenzo fishes a young woman out of the canal. Guilia is an Italian Jew who has managed to escape capture and is determined to find her family. This meeting results in them both taking an entirely unexpected journey, and Cenzo suddenly finds himself thrown headlong into the world of international wartime politics, where everyone has their own agenda and nowhere is safe...

La historia transcurre a principios de los 80 en Moscu. La URSS en aquellos tiempos estaba gobernada por Breznev, integrante de la vieja guardia que habia deshecho todas las timidas reformas liberalizadoras de Kruschev. Por lo tanto la ciudad se muestra sin un apice de libertad, los ciudadanos intentan sobrevivir como buenamente pueden, los funcionarios se aprovechan de su puesto para medrar o mejorar al minimo resquicio, y con una dirigencia corrupta y enriquecida dispuesta a segar cualquier tipo de iniciativa individual, mas si proviene de sus propias filas. / A triple murder in Moscow: corpses found frozen in the snow, faces and fingers missing. The chief homicide investigator 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 NYPD.

El c#lebre investigador de Parque Gorki ante su caso m#s impactante en la fantasmal Chern#bil. Pasha Ivanov, uno de los nuevos multimillonarios de Rusia, est# muerto: se ha suicidado -aparentemente- arroj#ndose desde el balc#n de su ultramoderno apartamento de Mosc#. Arkady Renko, el recordado detective de Parque Gorki, regresar# para resolver su caso m#s enigm#tico. Los indicios lo conducir#n hasta Chern#bil, un mundo radiactivo y fantasmal, en una historia llena de tensi#n. Si cada novela de Martin Cruz Smith es un viaje a un mundo desconocido, Tiempo de lobos es su viaje m#s impactante.

Apasionante novela protagonizado, al igual que Parque Gorki, por el c#lebre detective Arkady Renko y ambientada en la turbulenta Mosc# de nuestros d#as. Escrita por uno de los maestros indiscutibles del thriller internacional. "Un tren de pasajeros cruza la noche a sacudidas. Una solitaria madre adolescente se dirige a Mosc# buscando una nueva vida. Un soldado de coraz#n endurecido la observa furtivamente, pensando en sexo. Cuando el tren llega a destino, un beb# ha desaparecido sin dejar rastro." Y Renko deber# resolver el enigma. Martin Cruz Smith es uno de los maestros indiscutibles del thriller internacional, avalado por la cr#tica m#s prestigiosa. Sus tramas, magistralmente ambientadas en Rusia, han seducido a los lectores m#s exigentes de novela negra.

As a train pulls into Yaroslav Station, Moscow, a teenage girl wakes to discover an unimaginable horror. Her baby has been taken...When the station police are suspicious of the girl's elusive story, Maya finds herself having to search for her baby in this dangerous part of the city - Three Stations - without their help. Her only ally is a young man, Zhenya, who is drawn to her cause and who knows the dark underbelly of the city well. Increasingly disillusioned with the workings of Moscow's Prosecution Service, Arkady Renko is teetering on the brink of resignation when; trying to save the skin of his vodka-loving detective friend Victor Orlov - he becomes drawn into a strange new case. A prostitute has been found dead in a trailer in Three Stations, without a mark on her. With the local police keen to dismiss the death as a mere overdose - Renko's curiosity is piqued. And soon, as he is drawn into the extraordinary world of Moscow's super-rich, Renko will discover that nothing is quite as it seems...

The highly anticipated new standalone novel from Martin Cruz Smith, whom The Washington Post has declared that uncommon phenomenon: a popular and well-regarded crime novelist who is also a writer of real distinction, The Girl from Venice is a suspenseful World War II love story set against the beauty, mystery, and danger of occupied Venice.Venice, 1945. The war may be waning, but the city known as La Serenissima is still occupied and the people of Italy fear the power of the Third Reich. One night, under a canopy of stars, a fisherman named Cenzo comes across a young womans body floating in the lagoon and soon discovers that she is still alive and in trouble.Born to a wealthy Jewish family, Giulia is on the run from the Wehrmacht SS. Cenzo chooses to protect Giulia rather than hand her over to the Nazis. This act of kindness leads them into the world of Partisans, random executions, the arts of forgery and high explosives, Mussolinis broken promises, the black market and gold, and, everywhere, the enigmatic maze of the Venice Lagoon.The Girl from Venice is a thriller, a mystery, and a retelling of Italian history that will take your breath away. Most of all it is a love story.

Un magn#fico thriller del galardonado autor considerado por la revista Times como el "John le Carr# estadounidense". En las redes de un pesquero que faena en el mar de Bering aparece el cuerpo de una muchacha que pertenece a la tripulaci#n del buque factor#a sovi#tico Estrella Polar. A bordo de #ste trabaja el marinero Arkady Renko, ex investigador de la oficina del fiscal de Mosc# apartado de su cargo por "motivos pol#ticos". A pesar de ello, el capit#n del barco le pide que investigue la muerte de la muchacha. Pese al dictamen oficial de suicidio, Renko indaga por su cuenta# hasta poner su propia vida en peligro. Rese#as:"Sensacional."The New York Times

This is the stunning new thriller from the author of "Gorky Park" and "Stalin's Ghost". As a train pulls into Yaroslav Station, Moscow, a teenage girl - Maya - wakes to an unimaginable horror. Her baby has been taken...Increasingly disillusioned with the workings of Moscow's Prosecution Service, Arkady Renko is teetering on the brink of resignation when he becomes drawn into a strange new case. A prostitute has been found dead in a trailer in Three Stations - a dark, notorious part of the city - without a mark on her. Soon Renko will find that the girl is linked to the extravagant Club Nijinsky and, as he is drawn into the extraordinary world of Moscow's super-rich, that nothing is quite as it seems. Meanwhile, Maya also wanders Three Stations, searching for her baby. Her only ally is a young man, Zhenya - Renko's own troubled ward - who is drawn to her cause and will guide her through Moscow's dark underbelly. But neither Zhenya nor Renko realize that Maya herself is being hunted. And those seeking her will stop at nothing to silence her...

Apasionante novela protagonizado, al igual que Parque Gorki, por el célebre detective Arkady Renko y ambientada en la turbulenta Moscú de nuestros días.Escrita por uno de los maestros indiscutibles delthriller internacional.Un tren de pasajeros cruza la noche a sacudidas. Una solitaria madre adolescente se dirige a Moscu buscando una nueva vida. Un soldado de corazon endurecido la observa furtivamente, pensando en sexo. Cuando el tren llega a destino, un bebe ha desaparecido sin dejar rastro.Y Renko debera resolver el enigma.Martin Cruz Smith es uno de los maestros indiscutibles del thriller internacional, avalado por la critica mas prestigiosa. Sus tramas, magistralmente ambientadas en Rusia, han seducido a los lectores mas exigentes de novela negra.

Su un treno espresso diretto a Mosca la giovanissima Maya, quindici anni, e la figlioletta di sole tre settimane viaggiano su uno squallido vagone in classe supereconomica, quando un soldato ubriaco tenta di violentare la ragazza. Soccorsa da un'amabile vecchietta, la ragazza si accorge al suo risveglio da un sonno drogato che l'anziana è scomparsa portandosi via la sua bambina. Nel frattempo, alla stazione d'arrivo, in piazza Komsomol - un'area popolata da ogni tipo di malavitosi, prostitute, bambini mendicanti e drogati - viene ritrovato il cadavere di una giovane prostituta. Incaricato delle indagini, l'ispettore Arkady Renko capisce che i due casi sono collegati e riconducono a un chiacchierato oligarca russo.