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hermetic

(8,934 posts)
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 10:54 AM Monday

Author of GORKY PARK (1981)

RIP Martin Cruz Smith. Smith's final book, HOTEL UKRAINE, was just released. Smith was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2019.

He was 82 and suffered from Parkinson's Disease for several years. His children wrote: "The world knew him best through Arkady Renko ... not so much a hero as a survivor. Like Dad, he mistrusted institutions, prized observation, used humor to expose hypocrisy, and believed that truth, though often buried, still mattered."

His last book is getting great reviews.

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Author of GORKY PARK (1981) (Original Post) hermetic Monday OP
Read many of his books, gave me many thoughts about the Soviet Union Shellback Squid Monday #1
I enjoyed all the books of his I read. yardwork Monday #2
I really like Polar Star CanonRay Monday #3
Pen names dweller Monday #4

dweller

(26,850 posts)
4. Pen names
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 11:18 AM
Monday

Ted Irish
Dr. Emile Korngold
Sol Roman
Nick Carter
Jake Logan
Martin Quinn
Simon Quinn
Martin Smith
Martin Cruz Smith


One of my favorite authors
RIP


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