NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK -
"Sharply, evocatively written and elaborately plotted . . . [Red
Square] should find as many friends as did Gorky Park."--The
Washington Post Book World
Back from exile in the hellish reaches of the Soviet Union, homicide
investigator Arkady Renko discovers that his country, his Moscow, even
his job, are nearly dead. But his enemies are very much alive, and
foremost among them are the powerful black-market crime lords of the
Russian mafia. Hounded by this terrifying new underworld, chased by the
ruthless minions of the newly rich and powerful, and tempted by his
great love, defector Irina Asanova, Arkady can only hope desperately for
escape. But fate has something else in store.
"Gripping . . . Smith at his best."--The Wall Street Journal
"A crackling suspense thriller."--The Boston Globe
"Fascinating . . . powerful."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Absorbing."--The New York Times
"Extraordinary."--Time