A review by twistinthetale
Stalin's Ghost by Martin Cruz Smith

2.0

Martin Cruz Smith is probably most known for "Gorky Park". It has been a long time since I read a Martin Cruz Smith book and I hadn't made the connection that the books I'd read were both parts of the "Arkady Renko" series. The book has good moments. Arkady is charged with investigating the sightings of Stalin's ghost at a train station. The investigation begins to reveal the seediest side of Russian life, past and present. Long stretches of the book build up to episodes of action which seemed rushed, to me. I found it quite a difficult book to engage with but was glad I persevered to the end.