{"product_id":"polar-star-paperback","title":"Polar Star - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin Cruz Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe made too many enemies. He lost his party membership. Once Moscow's top criminal investigator, Arkady Renko now toils in obscurity on a Russian factory ship working with American trawlers in the middle of the Bering Sea. But when an adventurous female crew member is picked up dead with the day's catch, Renko is ordered by his captain to investigate an accident that has all the marks of murder. Up against the celebrated Soviet bureaucracy once more, Renko must again become the obsessed, dedicated cop he was in \u003ci\u003eGorky Park\u003c\/i\u003e and solve a chilling mystery fraught with international complications. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003ePolar Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Stunning.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Impossible to put down . . . a book of heart-stopping suspense and intricate plotting, but also a meticulously researched, ambitious literary work of great distinction.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--The Detroit News\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Martin Cruz Smith writes the most inventive thrillers of anyone in the first rank of thriller writers.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Gripping . . . absorbing.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--The Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Cruz Smith\u003c\/b\u003e's novels include \u003ci\u003eGorky Park\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStallion Gate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePolar Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStalin's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRose\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDecember 6\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTatiana, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Girl from Venice\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a two-time winner of the Hammett Prize, a recipient of Britain's Golden Dagger Award, and a winner of the Premio Piemonte Giallo Internazionale. He lives in California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694668714047,"sku":"9780345498175","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4e3e24fb7f2554abf41fa1382ecb34d2.webp?v=1765001879","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/polar-star-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}