Journalist Tatiana Petrovna is on the move. Arkady Renko, iconic Moscow investigator and Tatiana’s part-time lover, hasn’t seen her since she left on assignment over a month ago. When she doesn’t arrive on her scheduled train, he’s positive something is wrong. No one else thinks Renko should be worried—Tatiana is known to disappear during deep assignments—but he knows her enemies all too well and the criminal lengths they’ll go to keep her quiet.
"The master of the international thrillier."
- The New York Times
“[A] must for any crime fiction fan interested in the underside of Putin’s Russia.”
- Publishers Weekly
“This is Smith at his absolute best: black humor, brown bears, and gray souls.”
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