Ukraine
In Spring 2022 this subject of a page needs no rationale, no explanation. Events in Ukraine are happening so fast that the daily crisis overwhelms thoughts and questions about the people, their history, their literature, their foodways, all the warm and living intricacies of what has made them “Ukrainian” and what sustains them today. More will be added in the coming days, weeks, months, and now perhaps years.
Hotel Ukraine: Arkady Renko in Ukraine [Arkady Renko series #11]
Hotel Ukraine: Arkady Renko in Ukraine [Arkady Renko series #11]
PUBLICATION DAY IS JULY 8, 2025!
Detective Arkady Renko—“one of the most compelling figures in modern fiction” (USA TODAY)—returns in this tense thriller set amid the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In the latest installment of Martin Cruz Smith’s celebrated Arkady Renko series, the legendary Moscow investigator seeks to solve the murder of a diplomat as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine wears on and the effects of Renko’s Parkinson’s Disease worsen. Helped by his lover, journalist Tatiana Petrovna, Renko traces the murder to a Russian paramilitary group aided by a government official who also used to be a romantic partner of Renko. Before long, those responsible for the killing look to similarly dispatch Arkady and Tatiana—all of it leading to a thrilling and action-packed climax. Hotel Ukraine upholds Martin Cruz Smith’s reputation as a master of modern detective fiction and Arkady Renko’s standing as one of the genre’s most complex protagonists.