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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • "Sharply, evocatively written and elaborately plotted . . . [Red Square] should find as many friends as did Gorky Park."-The Washington Post Book WorldBack from exile in the hellish reaches of the Soviet Union, homicide investigator Arkady Renko discovers that his country, his Moscow, even his job, are nearly dead. But his enemies are very much alive, and foremost among them are the powerful black-market crime lords of the Russian mafia. Hounded by this terrifying new underworld, chased by the ruthless minions of the newly rich and powerful, and tempted by his great love, defector Irina Asanova, Arkady can only hope desperately for escape. But fate has something else in store. "Gripping . . . 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

When the corpse of a Russian is hauled from the oily waters of Havana Bay, Arkady Renko comes to Cuba to identify the body. Looking for the killer, he discovers a city of faded loneliness, unexpected danger, and bewildering contradictions. His investigation introduces him to a beautiful Cuban policewoman; to the rituals of Santeria; to an American fugitive and a group of ruthless mercenaries. In this place where all things Russian are despised, where Hemingway fished and the KGB flourished, where the hint of music is always in the air, Arkady finds a trail of deceit that reaches halfway around the world-and a reason to relish his own life again.