Stalin's ghost / Martin Cruz Smith
By: Smith, Martin Cruz [author].
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BookSeries: Arkady Renko series, book 6.Publisher: London : Pan Books, 2008Description: 387 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780330448574.Subject(s): Police Russia (Federation) -- Fiction | Mystery, thriller & suspenseGenre/Form: Thrillers (Fiction)Summary: Investigator Arkady Renko, the pariah of the Moscow prosecutor's office, has been assigned the thankless job of investigating a new phenomenon: late-night subway riders report seeing the ghost of Joseph Stalin on the platform of the Chistye Prudy Metro station. The illusion seems part political hocus-pocus and also part wishful thinking, for among many Russians Stalin is again popular; the bloody dictator can boast a two-to-one approval rating. Decidedly better than that of Renko, whose lover, Eva, has left him for Detective Nikolai Isakov, a charismatic veteran of the civil war in Chechnya, a hero of the far right and, Renko suspects, a killer for hire. The cases entwine, and Renko's quests become a personal inquiry fueled by jealousy.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Book | Greater Project 4 Branch Fiction Area | Fiction | Fic Sm655a bk. 6 (Browse shelf) | Available | 127937d |
Investigator Arkady Renko, the pariah of the Moscow prosecutor's office, has been assigned the thankless job of investigating a new phenomenon: late-night subway riders report seeing the ghost of Joseph Stalin on the platform of the Chistye Prudy Metro station. The illusion seems part political hocus-pocus and also part wishful thinking, for among many Russians Stalin is again popular; the bloody dictator can boast a two-to-one approval rating. Decidedly better than that of Renko, whose lover, Eva, has left him for Detective Nikolai Isakov, a charismatic veteran of the civil war in Chechnya, a hero of the far right and, Renko suspects, a killer for hire. The cases entwine, and Renko's quests become a personal inquiry fueled by jealousy.
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