Stalin's Ghost

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Stalin's Ghost
Author Martin Cruz Smith
Country United States
Language English
Series Arkady Renko # 6
Genre(s) Crime novel
Publisher Simon & Schuster, Macmillan
Publication date 19 June 2007
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 352 pp (hardback edition)
ISBN ISBN 0-7432-7672-8
Preceded by Wolves Eat Dogs

Stalin's Ghost is a crime novel by Martin Cruz Smith set in Russia circa 2005. It is the sixth novel to feature Detective-Investigator Arkady Renko.

[edit] Plot Summary

The ghost of Joseph Stalin has been seen stalking the stations of the Moscow Metro. Renko, perpetually in hot water with his superiors, is assigned to the case with heavy hints to quash it. Instead, he discovers a peculiar connection to a string of murders and a group of Chechen War veterans.