THREE STATIONS
by Smith, Martin Cruz
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The seventh novel in Smith's bestselling mystery-thriller series set in Russia and featuring Police Inspector Arkady Renko. Although Renjo has been suspended from the Prosecutor's Office, he strives to finish a last case involving the death of an elegant young woman whose body has been found in a construction trailer on the perimeter of Moscow's main rail hub. Drug overdose? Renko's examination of of the crime scene turns up some inexplicable clues including an invitation to Russia's premier charity ball. Suddenly Renko finds himself dealing with the city's rich and famous and uncovering a web of madness, money and death. First edition, first printing (with complete numberline). About 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 241 pages in red, paper-covered boards with black backstrip and gold lettering on spine. Dustjacket's front panel's graphic design shows author's name in white lettering bordered with gold and title in red with gold borders and a single gold star centered in the letter "R" of "Three." Black back panel contains five blurbs praising the Renko series. Boards and text are complete, clean and unmarked. No tears, no chipping or creasing. Not ex-library or remaindered. Dustjacket is in equally fine condition without noticeable damage or flaws. Not price-clipped. Very collectable copy of this novel from Smith's excellent police procedural series set in an unlikely location.
Synopsis
A passenger train hurtling through the night. An unwed teenage mother headed to Moscow to seek a new life. A cruel-hearted soldier looking furtively, forcibly, for sex. An infant disappearing without a trace. So begins Martin Cruz SmithâÈçs masterful Three Stations , a suspenseful, intricately constructed novel featuring Investigator Arkady Renko. For the last three decades, beginning with the trailblazing Gorky Park , Renko (and Smith) have captivated readers with detective tales set in Russia. Renko is the ironic, brilliantly observant cop who finds solutions to heinous crimes when other lawmen refuse to even acknowledge that crimes have occurred. He uses his biting humor and intuitive leaps to fight not only wrongdoers but the corrupt state apparatus as well. In Three Stations , RenkoâÈçs skills are put to their most severe test. Though he has been technically suspended from the prosecutorâÈçs office for once again turning up unpleasant truths, he strives to solve a last case: the death of an elegant young woman whose body is found in a construction trailer on the perimeter of MoscowâÈçs main rail hub. It looks like a simple drug overdose to everyoneâÈ'except to Renko, whose examination of the crime scene turns up some inexplicable clues, most notably an invitation to RussiaâÈçs premier charity ball, the billionairesâÈç Nijinksy Fair. Thus a sordid death becomes interwoven with the lifestyles of MoscowâÈçs rich and famous, many of whom are clinging to their cash in the face of PutinâÈçs crackdown on the very oligarchs who placed him in power. Renko uncovers a web of death, money, madness and a kidnapping that threatens the woman he is coming to love and the lives of children he is desperate to protect. In Three Stations , Smith produces a complex and haunting vision of an emergent RussiaâÈçs secret underclass of street urchins, greedy thugs and a bureaucracy still paralyzed by power and fear.
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005952
- Title
- THREE STATIONS
- Author
- Smith, Martin Cruz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- THRILLER, MYSTERY, RUSSIA, ARKADY RENKO, POLICE PROCEDURAL, MOSCOW,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Intrigue; Crime; Europe;
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About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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