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

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

NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Cruz Smith, the best-selling mystery novelist who engaged readers for decades with “Gorky Park” and ...

My longevity is linked to Arkady’s." Martin Cruz Smith's final novel, Hotel Ukraine, published just this week, brings to a ...

Martin Cruz Smith, the acclaimed author whose Arkady Renko thrillers captivated readers for decades, has died at the age of ...

Martin Cruz Smith gave us thrillers with soul and silence that screamed. His final chapter arrives, but the echoes of his ...

Martin Cruz Smith, the American novelist, who has died aged 82, was the author of the international bestseller Gorky Park ...

Smith died on Friday "surrounded by those he loved," according to his publisher, Simon & Schuster. Further details were not ...

Martin Cruz Smith, the best-selling mystery novelist who engaged readers for decades with “Gorky Park” and other thrillers ...

Martin Cruz Smith, author of such bestsellers as "Gorky Park" and "Polar Star," died on July 11, 2025, at age 82. In this ...

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.

The discovery of three faceless bodies in Moscow's Gorky Park puts the investigating police officer (William Hurt) on a bloody trail of intrigue, corruption and murder. Hurt, Brian Dennehy and Lee ...