[Arkadi Renko 02] • Polar Star

Der erfolgreiche Thriller "Gorki Park" erhält mit "Polar Star" eine Fortsetzung. Der Held, Arkadi Renko, befindet sich auf einer Odyssee durch die Weiten Ru"lands - immer auf der Flucht vor dem KGB. Schließlich landet er auf der "Polar Star", einem Fischtrawler in der Bering-See, die gemeinsam mit amerikanischen Booten zum Wohle von Ost und West einträgliche Geschäfte betreibt. Als eines Tages die Leiche der jungen Zina Patiashvili in einem Fischernetz an Bord gehievt wird, ist Arkadis Einsatz gefordert, denn die schöne und lebenslustige Frau hatte zu viele gute Beziehungen zu zu vielen wichtigen Leuten.

An omnibus of two of Martin Cruz Smith's books.

Polar StarIn the long-awaited sequel to Gorky Park, Arkady Renko has made too many enemies and now he toils in obscurity on a huge Russian fishing-factory ship in the middle of the Bering Sea. But when a young female crew member is picked up dead with the day's catch, Renko is asked to investigate. He becomes obsessed with the case and once again discovers more than he wants to know and certainly more than he bargained for .... a case as chilling and gripping as his previous adventure.

RoseThe year is 1872. The place is Wigan, England, a coal town where rich mine owners live lavishly alongside miners no better than slaves. Into this dark, complicated world comes Jonathan Blair, who has accepted a commission to find a missing man.

When he begins his search every road leads back to one woman, a haughty, vixenish pit girl named Rose. With her fiery hair and skirts pinned up over trousers, she cares nothing for a society that calls her unnatural, scandalous, erotic.

As Rose and Blair circle one another, first warily, then with the heat of mutual desire, Blair loses his balance. And the lull induced by Rose's sensual touch leaves him unprepared for the bizarre, soul-scorching truth. . . .

Cover Illustration by Christos Magganas