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Set against a backdrop of political intrigue and espionage, this Arkady Renko thriller delves into complex characters and gripping narratives. With a blend of historical context and modern-day tension, it promises to engage readers who enjoy the works of Robert Harris, Ken Follett, and Philip Kerr. The story unfolds with Renko navigating a web of deception, making it a captivating read for those who appreciate thrilling mysteries and deep character exploration.

Arkady Renko is back . . . 'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe' Val McDermid

Football is everything in Uruguay, yet the story remains untold. In this first English-language history of the Uruguayan game, From Beauty to Duty maps football's journey from exclusive British pastime to national passion, bringing to life the teams, players and personalities who helped create one of the world's most intense sporting cultures.

From the 'master of the international thriller' (New York Times), comes a new Arkady Renko novel.

Venedig, kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs: Eines Nachts entdeckt der junge Fischer Cenzo in der Lagune eine junge Frau, die scheinbar leblos im Wasser treibt. Doch Giulia Silber ist nicht tot, sie schwimmt um ihr Leben, denn das Versteck, in das sich ihre Familie mit anderen Juden geflüchtet hatte, wurde verraten, und sie hat als einzige überlebt. Cenzo entscheidet sich, Giulia zu helfen. Doch nachdem er versucht hat, sie in Sicherheit zu bringen, verliert sich von ihr jede Spur. Cenzo macht sich auf die Suche, es ist ein Rennen gegen die Zeit, denn nicht nur er will das schöne eigenwillige Mädchen finden... »Im Schatten von San Marco« ist ein spannender Liebesroman und eine mitreißende Schilderung der letzten Kriegstage in Norditalien.

From the 'master of the international thriller' (New York Times), comes a new stand-alone novel.

A blistering new Arkady Renko novel whose heroine - the courageous, enigmatic journalist Tatiana - is based on real-life journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

In Three Stations, Renko's skills are put to their most severe test. Though he has been technically suspended from the prosecutor's office for once again turning up unpleasant truths, he strives to solve a last case: the death of an elegant young woman whose body is found in a construction trailer on the perimeter of Moscow's main rail hub. It looks like a simple drug overdose to everyone -- except to Renko, whose examination of the crime scene turns up some inexplicable clues, most notably an invitation to Russia's premier charity ball, the billionaires' Nijinksy Fair. Thus a sordid death becomes interwoven with the lifestyles of Moscow's rich and famous, many of whom are clinging to their cash in the face of Putin's crackdown on the very oligarchs who placed him in power. Renko uncovers a web of death, money, madness and a kidnapping that threatens the woman he is coming to love and the lives of children he is desperate to protect. In Three Stations, Smith produces a complex and hauting vision of an emergent Russia's secret underclass of street urchins, greedy thugs and a bureaucracy still paralyzed by power and fear.

Investigator Arkady Renko, the pariah of the Moscow prosecutor's office, has been assigned the thankless job of investigating a new phenomenon: late-night subway riders report seeing the ghost of Joseph Stalin on the platform of the Chistye Prudy Metro station. The illusion seems part political hocus-pocus and also part wishful thinking, for among many Russians Stalin is again popular; the bloody dictator can boast a two-to-one approval rating. Decidedly better than that of Renko, whose lover, Eva, has left him for Detective Nikolai Isakov, a charismatic veteran of the civil war in Chechnya, a hero of the far right and, Renko suspects, a killer for hire. The cases entwine, and Renko's quests become a personal inquiry fueled by jealousy.

Masterfully crafted and told with extraordinary insight and imaginative breadth, the bestselling author of GORKY PARK brings us Renko's most beguiling and unusual adventure to date.