He startled critics, readers and the book industry in 1981 with a novel set in the Soviet Union that had a flawed detective ...

Mystery novelist Martin Cruz Smith, known for such Arkady Renko thrillers as “Gorky Park,” has died at age 82; his latest ...

Cruz’s 11 Arkady Renko books, which deepen and darken with feeling as they go, are a testament to courage and a reminder of mortality.