Red Square

“Gripping . . . Vividly capture[s] the essence of the new Russia . . . The climax of Red Square takes place in Moscow during the hard-line coup attempt of August 1991. The texture of that remarkable time is captured quite adeptly: The moment is simultaneously tense and festive, bizarre and ordinary, grave and absurd. It’s Mr. Smith at his best.”—The Wall Street Journal

“A crackling suspense thriller.”—The Boston Globe

“Fascinating . . . powerful.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Absorbing.”—The New York Times

“Extraordinary.”—Time

“Welcome home, Arkady Renko. The hero of Gorky Park and Polar Star returns to Moscow in a thriller so dense with observation and atmosphere, it rivals John le Carré. . . . Renko [is] the most touching character to grace the pages of a novel since The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.”—Cosmopolitan