{"product_id":"martin-cruz-smith-stalins-ghost-2007-hardback","title":"Martin Cruz Smith: Stalin's Ghost [2007] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eMoscow lies deep under snow, and Arkady Renko is called in to handle a delicate matter: passengers riding the last metro of the night have reported seeing the ghost of Stalin on the platform edge. Not everyone, it seems, likes the fact that Stalin is dead . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But in the midst of a blizzard nothing is as it first appears to be. Renko's girlfriend Eva and his adopted son, Zhenya, seem to be slipping into danger. The owner of a matrimonial agency wants her husband killed. An innocent `Russian Bride' employs a garrotte. A chess grandmaster wanders into Renko's life and leads him into the line of fire. Diehard Communists gather to sing along with Stalin. `Red Diggers' uncover secrets buried for half century in a desolate forest and Renko discovers ghosts that have been waiting for him all his life . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As Russia swings more and more to the right, Renko is more and more out of step. Not only an original and deeply humane thriller, \u003ci\u003eStalin's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e is also a wonderful evocation of the emerging New Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Praise for Martin Cruz Smith:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `Cruz Smith not only constructs grittily realistic plots, he also has a gift for characterisation of which most thriller writers can only dream' \u003ci\u003e Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cruz Smith, Martin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":54573486440787,"sku":"9781405090490","price":25.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":54573486408019,"sku":"XV81405090490","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/cruz-smith-martin-martin-cruz-smith-stalin-s-ghost-2007-hardback-1254006241.jpg?v=1786562857","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/martin-cruz-smith-stalins-ghost-2007-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}