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Martin Cruz Smith


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

Died
July 11, 2025

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Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Suspense


Martin Cruz Smith (AKA Simon Quinn, Nick Carter, Jake Logan, and Martin Quinn) was an American writer of mystery and suspense fiction, mostly in an international or historical setting. He was best known for his 11-book series featuring Russian investigator Arkady Renko, who was introduced in 1981 with Gorky Park and appeared in Independence Square (2023) and Hotel Ukraine (2025). [Wikipedia] ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 156,295 ratings · 8,297 reviews · 53 distinct works • Similar authors
Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)
4.04 avg rating — 69,949 ratings — published 1981 — 202 editions
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Polar Star (Arkady Renko, #2)
3.99 avg rating — 11,419 ratings — published 1989 — 123 editions
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Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Ren...
3.93 avg rating — 8,571 ratings — published 2004 — 84 editions
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Havana Bay (Arkady Renko, #4)
3.85 avg rating — 8,567 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
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Red Square (Arkady Renko, #3)
3.97 avg rating — 7,679 ratings — published 1992 — 98 editions
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The Girl from Venice
3.42 avg rating — 8,857 ratings — published 2016 — 26 editions
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Stalin's Ghost (Arkady Renk...
3.80 avg rating — 6,554 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions
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Three Stations (Arkady Renk...
3.79 avg rating — 5,769 ratings — 72 editions
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Tatiana (Arkady Renko, #8)
3.79 avg rating — 5,726 ratings — published 2013 — 56 editions
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The Siberian Dilemma (Arkad...
3.86 avg rating — 4,294 ratings — published 2019 — 11 editions
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Series by Martin Cruz Smith

Gorky Park Polar Star Red Square Havana Bay Wolves Eat Dogs Stalin's Ghost Three Stations
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“The great thing about being a writer is that you are always re-creating yourself.”
― Martin Cruz Smith
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“Because normal human activity is worse for nature than the greatest nuclear accident in history.”
― Martin Cruz Smith
tags: earth, humanity, nature, nuclear, nuclear-war, pollution
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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.”
― Martin Cruz Smith
tags: alcohol, brandy, drunkenness, party, russia
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