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Tokyo Station
1922, Tokyo. Harry Niles is a 'wild child', an American boy in a strange country, ig-nored by his missionary parents, he begins to lead his life in the Tokyo underworld. One night, he is charged with delivering a painting to an enigmatic figure, the samurai Ishigami. It is an encounter that will haunt Harry Niles forever. 1937, Nanking.China is under attack. The Japanese army is brutally and systematically murdering and raping the local population. In the midst of this horror, Harry finds himself face to face once again with Lieutenant Ishigami. But for the samurai warrior, their meeting leads to the greatest possible dishonour - public humilia-tion. 1941, Tokyo.
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Polar Star
Arkady Renko has too many enemies. Out of favour with his party,he has lost his job as Moscow's top criminal investigator.Looking for aquiet life in self-imposed exile,Renko starts a new job on the 'smile line'of a factory ship trawling the Bearing Sea. But when the body of an adventurous Georgian woman is a dragged in with the day's catch,the captian calls on Renko to investigate.Despite the undeniable signs of murder,Renko knows that claiming foul-play could put him in danger with rest of the crew. Once again,Arkady Renko fiond himself pitted against the formidable Soviet bureaucracy,and is soon caught up in a web of international affairs.So when the chilling mystery turns out to be much more than Renko bargained for,will uncovering the truth be worth risking his life?
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Canto for a Gypsy
The priceless Royal Crown of Hungary was on display in St Pat-rick's Cathedral in New York. Guarded by many, including the NYPD and the gypsy, Roman Grey - a heist was impossible. But it happened and murder, mayhem and all hell broke loose.
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Stalin's Ghost
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.
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Havana Bay
The body was drifting in Havana Bay the morning Arkady arrived from Moscow. The Cubans insisted that the body was his friend Pribluda, but Arkady wasn't so sure. Havana is not a welcoming place if you're a Russian, particularly if you're a Russian investigating the death of another Russian. But Arkady is used to being unpopular. Synopsis: The body, what was left of it, was drifting in Havana Bay the morning Arkady arrived from Moscow. The Cubans insisted that the body was his friend Pribluda, but Arkady wasn't so sure. The Communist world has shrunk to Cuba. Havana is a city of empty stones and talking drums, Karl Marx and sharp machetes - not welcoming place if you're a Russian, particularly if you're a Russian investigating the death of another Russian. But Arkady is used to being unpopular. He's even used to losing friends. "Havana Bay" is the fourth novel to feature Arkady Renko. The previous three, "Gorky Park", "Polar Star", and "Red Square" are also available in Pan. "If there's more intoxicating and intriguing setting for a thriller than Moscow, Smith has found it in Havana. Sheer class", - "Mirror". "I hope a copy of this top-notch thriller reaches Castro as he wises up to the mobsters currently at his gate", - "Independent". "As in "Gorky Park", Cruz Smith is outstanding on background. The feel of Havana is sensuously rende red", - "Sunday Times".