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

4.0

Investigator Arkady Renko has been one of my fictional heroes since 'Gorky Park' was published in 1981. While 'Stalin's Ghost' isn't quite that good (in my mond) I thoroughly enjoyed it.

It's a mood thing: black and bleak worked for me this week. Seriously, though (and how can you be more serious than black and bleak?) the situations, the characters and Arkady's wonderful observations make this novel compelling.

Well, it worked for me.