Martin Cruz Smith





Martin Cruz Smith

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in Reading, Pennsylvania, The United States
November 03, 1942

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AKA Simon Quinn, Nick Carter.

Martin Cruz Smith (born Martin William Smith), American novelist, received his BA in Creative Writing from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964. He worked as a journalist from 1965 to 1969 before turning his hand to fiction. His first mystery (Gypsy in Amber – 1971) features NY gypsy art dealer Roman Grey and was nominated for an Edgar Award. Nightwing was his breakthrough novel and was made into a movie.

Smith is best known for his series of novels featuring Russian investigator Arkady Renko. Gorky Park, published in 1981, was the first of these and was called "thriller of the '80s" by Time Magazine. It became a bestseller and won the Gold Dagger Award from the British Crime Writers' Association. Renko has als...more


Average rating: 3.88 · 35,912 ratings · 1,611 reviews · 39 distinct works · Similar authors
Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 20,311 ratings — published 1980 — 54 editions
Polar Star (Arkady Renko, #2)
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 2,577 ratings — published 1989 — 31 editions
Red Square (Arkady Renko, #3)
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 2,233 ratings — published 1992 — 32 editions
Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Ren...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 2,001 ratings — published 2004 — 26 editions
Havana Bay (Arkady Renko, #4)
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 1,871 ratings — published 1999 — 37 editions
Stalin's Ghost (Arkady Renk...
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 1,709 ratings — published 2006 — 30 editions
Three Stations (Arkady Renk...
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 1,583 ratings — published 2009 — 23 editions
Rose
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 1,244 ratings — published 1996 — 24 editions
December 6
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 994 ratings — published 2001 — 32 editions
Stallion Gate
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 620 ratings — published 1986 — 20 editions
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“It was like a Russian party, Arkady thought. People got drunk, recklessly confessed their love, spilled their festering dislike, had hysterics, marched out, were dragged back in and revived with brandy. It wasn't a French salon.”
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“Because normal human activity is worse for nature than the greatest nuclear accident in history.”
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“The most beautiful women in the world were African.”
Martin Cruz Smith, Rose

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