Red Square (Arkady Renko, #3)

Posted on 02 December 2018 by Martin Cruz Smith

In the summer of 1991, Arkady Renko has returned from exile and is back on the homicide squad in a newly democratic Moscow When Arkady s informant, Rudy Rosen, and his underworld bank on wheels are consumed in a ball of fire, Arkady finds himself in an investigation that points to the heart of Russia s decaying infrastructure. New Read Red Square (Arkady Renko, #3) By Martin Cruz Smith For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr A magnificent read Martin Cruz Smith is that rarest of authors, a writer who turns the thriller genre into art I would rank him with my beloved Alan Furst in terms of quality the delicacy of his language, ...So, I was in love with Arkady, but after this, I m over it His endearing aloofness and cynical yet amused detachment so typical of the Eastern European psyche is almost demolished in Red Square, as Cruz Smith unnecessarily leads us into Arkady s tormented lover s soul Making things worse, the pov becomes so confused most of the time, we re led to observe Arkady instead of being party to his feelings or thoughts with one exception when he s thinking about Irina, it s all gushy insecure rot So, I was in love with Arkady, but after this, I m over it His endearing aloofness and cynical yet amused detachment so typical of the Eastern European psyche is almost demolished in Red Square, as Cruz Smith unnecessarily leads us into Arkady s tormented lover s soul Making things worse, the pov become...RED SQUARE is the third Arkady Renko novel by Martin Cruz Smith Book One was GORKY PARK published in 1981 It is now a decade later, the eve of the dissolution of the Soviet Union That dissolution is foreshadowed in numerous scenes The New Moscow is littered with heavy machinery and material mired in mud and construction that never seems to reach completion The lines in the shops are long the store shelves mostly empty The new center of commerce is the black market It s midnightHere RED SQUARE is the third Arkady Renko novel by Martin Cruz Smith Book One was GORKY PARK published in 1981 It is now a decade later, the eve of the dissolution of the Soviet Union That dissolution is foreshadowed in numerous scenes The New Moscow is littered with heavy machinery and material mired in mud and construction that never seems to reach completion The lines in the shops are long the store shelves mostly empty The new center of commerce is the black market It s midnightHere were cartons of Marlboros, Winstons, Rothmans, even despised Cuban cigarettes stacked as high as walls Videotapes of American action or Swedish porn sold by the gross for distribution Polish glassware glittered in factory crates Two men in...I am a little torn on what to rate this I think this book s predecessor, Polar Star, was just so good this one might suffer a bit in comparison Nevertheless, I still remain a fan of Smith s gift with prose, his cast of compelling characters and his ability to make the reader really live in the Russian and German mindsets in the era between the Wall s collapse and the dissolution of the USSR The book has multiple story lines that converge One is Renko s investigation of the murder of an infor I am a little torn on what to rate this I think this book s predecessor, Polar Star, was just so good this one might suffer a bit in comparison Nevertheless, I still remain a fan of Smith s gift with prose, his cast of compelling characters and his ability to make the reader really live in the Russian and German mindsets in the era between the Wall s collapse and the dissolution of the USSR The book has multiple story lines that converge One is Renko s investigation of the murder of an informant Another is his...Seldom have I been so disappointed in a book as I was in Red Square I read Gorky Park many years ago and loved it Didn t know there was a Arkady Renko series until about a year ago When I did, I got ahold of Polar Star and read it OK, not as good as Gorky Park , but, still, a good book to read Now, I ve read the 3rd in the series in Red Square and I believe that I am done with this series Thought the plot, and action, dragged on and on Difficult to read because of the seemingly disjointed Seldom have I been so disappointed in a book as I was in Red Square I read Gorky Park many years ago...In every respect, a magnificent detective novel Usually by Book 3 in a mystery series, you expect the author to start resting on his or her laurels a bit, but, with RED SQUARE, Martin Cruz Smith delivers us his bleakest, most cerebral Arkady Renko adventure yet The series main characters continue to develop in natural but exciting ways, and Renko himself is rapidly becoming my favorite literary character outside of James Bond Smith s prose never falters, embodying an incredible literary sop In every respect, a magnificent detective novel Usually by Book 3 in a mystery series, you expect the author to start resting on his or her laurels a bit, but, with RED SQU...I ve read the first two in the Arkady Renko series, about a homicide detective Investigator in Moscow Gorky Park which was made into a quite good movie starring Lee Marvin and Polar Star in which Arkady solves a murder aboard a fishing tender ship where he is working after being arrested, sent to a gulag, and tortured for committing a political crime In the third of eight so far, I think , he has worked his way back to Investigator status, mostly because he is a brilliant detectiv I ve read the first two in the Arkady Renko series, about a homicide detective Investigator in Moscow Gorky Park which was made into a quite good movie starring Lee Marvin and Polar Star in which Arkady solves a murder aboard a fishing tender ship where he is working after being arrested, sent to a gulag, and tortured for committing a political crime In the third of eight so far, I think , he has worked his way back to Investigator status, mostly because he is a brilliant detective with political connections This story is set in the early 1990 s, during the breakup of the Soviet Union and the fall of Communism, with all their nasty political, economic and criminal aspects Although there is a lot of supposed change for the better, one of the characters summarizes the situation in this way A coup It might be happening in Burma, darkest Africa, the Moon The majority of people were too exhausted If there was ...I read this years ago Honestly, though, I can t remember it well enough to rate it.This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here I m really impressed with M Cruz Smith I think he s underrated and I am not sure why He hasin common with Graham Greene that your average thriller writer British crime writer Val McDermid says he is one of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe I m not a writer but I can see what she means it s from a great article on MCSmith in the Guardian, He s in the same class as LeCarre, except I m really impressed with M Cruz Smith I think he s underrated and I am not sure why He hasin common with Graham Greene that your average thriller writer British crime writer Val McDermid says he is one of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe I m not a writer but I can see what she means it s from a great article on MCSmith in the Guardian, He s in the same class as LeCarre, except it s better procedural, as one would expect from a writer whose professed major influence is Sjowall and Wahloo.This book covers so much and in so many different settings, and really brings you right into a very turbulent time in history It certainly ends in a completely unexpected place I had no idea that modern art would be important later, not with the opening bombing of a money lender s car office Investigating the corruption of official systems is Renko s brief h...This is my first encounter with Martin Cruz Smith and Arkady Renko the principal character in many of his books Reading this book is like downloading a large image on a painfully slow internet connection all you see at first is a blank rectangle, then a few blotches of color become visible followed by some hazy lines then come broadly pixelated images which slowly acquire greater definition until finally the picture becomes clear.There is a clear plot in the book a murder is committed and This is my first encounter with Martin Cruz Smith and Arkady Renko the principal character in many of his books Reading this book is like downloading a large image on a painfully slow internet connection all you see at first is a blank rectangle, then a few blotches of color become visible followed by some hazy lines then come broadly pixelated images which slowly acquire greater definition until finally the picture becomes clear.There is a c...

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02 December 2018

Martin Cruz Smith