Isolated on an arctic ship, Cruz Smith’s detective is even more heroic
What? If you read only one thriller by Martin Cruz Smith, it's not
Gorky Park, one of the biggest hit thrillers of the last 40 years and the basis of that
great movie with William Hurt? No, not even one of
Martin Cruz Smith’s books set in Moscow.
Polar Star is the Cruz Smith novel with
the greatest tension and the biggest challenges to his hero,
Arkady Renko.
After
Gorky Park, Renko goes into self-imposed exile gutting fish in the frozen Arctic Ocean. On the creaking Polar Star he uncovers a murder that becomes a bigger conspiracy. By putting Renko on the isolated ship, Cruz Smith highlights his heroic and honorable qualities. The same traits he showed in
Gorky Park and which have carried him marvelously through six subsequent novels.
Cruz Smith has some wonderful Renko novels.
Which is your favorite? Let me know.
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