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Red Square

Martin Cruz Smith

1992400 pagesabout 6–9 hours
1992
first published
  • 1992Harvill · ENGISBN 9780002712767
  • 1992Random House · 418 pages · ENGISBN 9780679416883
  • 1993HarperCollins · 432 pages · ENGISBN 9780002713542
  • 1993HarperCollins · 473 pages · ENGISBN 9780006472575
  • 1993Thorndike Press · 657 pages · ENGISBN 9781560546108
  • 1993Chivers Press · 664 pages · ENGISBN 9780745175652
  • 1999Pan Books · 592 pagesISBN 9780330346559
  • 2007Ballantine Books · 400 pages · ENGISBN 9780345497727

The Communist party is dead; the ruble is worthless. As Moscow collapses around Arkady Renko, he escapes to Germany only to find the Russian mafia already on hand, enjoying the country's good beer, driving BMWs through the Brandenburg Gate, and searching murderously for Investigator Renko.

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