{"product_id":"9781471131141-stalins-ghost","title":"Stalin's Ghost","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eS\u0026amp;S is delighted to welcome the internationally bestselling author Martin Cruz Smith, the original master of the global thriller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* Don't miss the latest in the Arkady Renko series, \u003ci\u003eTHE SIBERIAN DILEMMA\u003c\/i\u003e, by Martin Cruz Smith, a novelist 'that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe' (Val McDermid) *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Martin Cruz Smith makes tension rise through the page like a shark's fin’ \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Once the Chief Investigator of the Moscow Militsiya, Arkady Renko is now a pariah of the Prosecutor's Office and has been reduced to investigating reports of late-night subway riders seeing the ghost of Joseph Stalin. Part political hocus-pocus, part wishful thinking - even the illusion of the bloody dictator has a higher approval rating than Renko. After being left by his lover for a more popular and successful detective, Renko's investigation becomes a jealousy-fuelled quest leading to the barren fields of Tver, where millions of soldiers fought, and lost their lives. Here, scavengers collect bones, weapons and paraphernalia off the remains of those slain, but there's more to be found than bullets and boots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Martin Cruz Smith:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'The story \u003cb\u003edrips with atmosphere and authenticity\u003c\/b\u003e – a literary triumph' David Young, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStasi Child \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Smith not only constructs \u003cb\u003egrittily realistic \u003c\/b\u003eplots, he also has a gift for characterisation of which most thriller writers can only dream' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Smith was among the first of \u003cb\u003ea new generation of writers who made thrillers literary\u003c\/b\u003e'  \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Brilliantly worked, \u003cb\u003emarvellously written\u003c\/b\u003e . an imaginative triumph'  \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eA wonderful surprise of a novel’\u003c\/b\u003e William Ryan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Constant Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451470655862,"sku":"9781471131141","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31791465.jpg?v=1760462662","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781471131141-stalins-ghost","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}