Red Square
Author: Martin Cruz Smith
In the Prosecutor’s Office, Renko is looking into the murder of Rosen, a black marketeer. But all the witnesses to the car bomb that caused his death have disappeared, and Renko is taken off the case. But continuing the investigation, he is led to Irina, a woman he thought he’d lost forever…..Read More
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