Detective Arkady Renko risks his life when he heads to Ukraine shortly before the Russian invasion to find an anti-Putin activist who has mysteriously disappeared.
Martin Cruz Smith continues to write with the consummate skill expected of a Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master ... Believability is, in fact, one of the best things about and themes of this deeply intelligent and of-the-moment mystery novel ... Wry, astute and just beautifully executed, this latest Arkady Renko mystery had me gasping with astonishment.
