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| Author | Martin Cruz Smith |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Arkady Renko # 7 |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Published | 10 August 2010 Simon & Schuster, Macmillan |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover/Softcover) |
| Pages | 256 pp (hardback edition) |
| ISBN | 0-7432-7674-4 |
| Preceded by | Stalin's Ghost |
| Followed by | Tatiana |
Three Stations is a crime novel by Martin Cruz Smith set in Russia circa 2010. It is the seventh novel to feature Detective-Investigator Arkady Renko, published 29 years after the initial novel of the Renko series, Gorky Park.[1][2]
Plot
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The title refers to the three Moscow railway stations, Leningrad Station, Kazansky Station and Yaroslavl Station situated on Komsomolskaya Square, also often referred to as Three Stations Square.[3]
A teenage mother arrives at Three Stations, but her baby is stolen. The only person to help her is Zhenya, the young chess hustler who is a sometime ward of Arkady Renko, the police investigator. Meanwhile, Arkady tries to prove that the overdose death of a young prostitute in the station is nothing of the sort, and is suspended for his trouble. A billionaire casino owner with financial troubles offers to hire Arkady, but the latter can trust no-one. Thugs, dwarves, ballerinas, Central Asians and a gang of homeless tweens complicate matters still further.
References
[edit]- ↑ Steinhauer, Olen, The New York Times (August 12, 2010). Moscow Express
- ↑ Weinman, Sarah Los Angeles Times (August 17, 2010). Book review: 'Three Stations' by Martin Cruz Smith
- ↑ See, Carolyn, Washington Post (September 3, 2010). "Three Stations," the new thriller by Martin Cruz Smith, author of "Gorky Park"
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