num_pages: 373
description: “Brilliant . . . enough enigmas within enigmas within enigmas to reel the mind.”–The New YorkerA triple murder in a Moscow amusement three corpses found frozen in the snow, faces and fingers missing. Chief homicide investigator Arkady Renko is brilliant, sensitive, honest, and cynical about everything except his profession. To identify the victims and uncover the truth, he must battle the KGB, FBI, and the New York City police as he pursues a rich, ruthless, and well-connected American fur dealer. Meanwhile, Renko is falling in love with a beautiful, headstrong dissident for whom he may risk everything.“Once one gets going, one doesn’t want to stop. . . . The action is gritty, the plot complicated, [and] the overriding quality is intelligence.”–The Washington Post“Reminds you just how satisfying a smoothly turned thriller can be.” – The New York Times Book Review“An unbelievable achievement . . . vivid, witty . . . completely fascinating.”– Boston Herald American“Gripping, romantic, and dazzlingly original.”– Cosmopolitan
language: English
title: Gorky Park
titlecomplete: Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)
characters: Andrei Iamskoy, James Kirwill, Arkady Renko, Feodor Golodkin, Ilya Nikitin, Misha Mikoyan, Sergei Fet, Yuri Viskov, Valerya Davidova, Irina Asanova, William Kirwill, Kostia Borodin, Pasha Pavlovich, Natasha Mikoyan, Zoya Renko, Hans Unmann, John Osborne, Major Pribluda
genres: Russia, Thriller, Detective, Historical Fiction, Espionage, Crime, Suspense, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 67072
places: Russia, New York City, New York, Russian Federation, Staten Island, New York, Moscow
series: Arkady Renko
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: CWA Gold Dagger, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: The CWA Dagger of Daggers, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: CWA Best Ever
category: Crime Novel
publisher: Ballantine Books