Gorky Park

Gorky Park (1982) – Martin Cruz Smith (Pan Books)

A battered old Pan paperback of Gorky Park, the Cold War crime thriller that made Martin Cruz Smith’s name. Three corpses in Moscow’s Gorky Park kick off a grimly fascinating tale of murder, politics, and paranoia. Enter Inspector Arkady Renko, weary but relentless, dragging himself through the snow and bureaucracy in pursuit of the truth.

This copy isn’t new (we wouldn’t be called Crappy Old Books otherwise). The pages have yellowed like an old Soviet file, the cover has seen better winters, and the spine may creak like a Moscow tram—but the story inside is as sharp and chilling as ever.

If you fancy a classic slice of 1980s Cold War noir, complete with snow, suspicion, and a detective who can’t stop asking the wrong questions, this scruffy old paperback is just the ticket.

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