Martin Cruz Smith is a two-time winner of the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers, a recipient of Britain’s Golden Dagger Award, and his acclaimed novels include Gorky Park, Rose, December 6, Polar Star and Stallion Gate. Cruz Smith discusses his new mystery Stalin’s Ghost, which begins with investigator Arkady Renko being 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.
($26.95) Simon and Schuster ISBN #0-7432-7672-8. You can visit Martin Cruz Smith’s official web site as well.
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