Discover new books on Goodreads

See if your friends have read any of Martin Cruz Smith's books

Martin Cruz Smith’s Followers (1,295)

Add New
Videos

1 comment

Add a comment

Martin Cruz Smith

Born

in Reading, Pennsylvania, The United States

November 03, 1942

Died

July 11, 2025

Website

http://www.martincruzsmith.com/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Suspense

edit data

Martin Cruz Smith (AKA Simon Quinn, Nick Carter, Jake Logan, and Martin Quinn) was an American writer of mystery and suspense fiction, mostly in an international or historical setting. He was best known for his 11-book series featuring Russian investigator Arkady Renko, who was introduced in 1981 with Gorky Park and appeared in Independence Square (2023) and Hotel Ukraine (2025). [Wikipedia] ...more

Combine Editions
Martin Cruz Smith’s books

Average rating: 3.93 · 159,645 ratings · 8,600 reviews · 56 distinct works • Similar authors

	Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 70,864 ratings — published 1981 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Polar Star (Arkady Renko, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,670 ratings — published 1989 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Renko, #5) 3.93 avg rating — 8,728 ratings — published 2004 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Havana Bay (Arkady Renko, #4) 3.86 avg rating — 8,703 ratings — published 1999 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Square (Arkady Renko, #3) 3.98 avg rating — 7,818 ratings — published 1992 — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl from Venice 3.42 avg rating — 9,075 ratings — published 2016 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stalin's Ghost (Arkady Renko, #6) 3.81 avg rating — 6,667 ratings — published 2007 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Stations (Arkady Renko, #7) 3.80 avg rating — 5,889 ratings — published 2010 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tatiana (Arkady Renko, #8) 3.79 avg rating — 5,850 ratings — published 2013 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Siberian Dilemma (Arkady Renko, #9) 3.86 avg rating — 4,454 ratings — published 2019 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Martin Cruz Smith…

Series by Martin Cruz Smith

Arkady Renko (11 books)
by

Martin Cruz Smith

3.98 avg rating — 138,348 ratings

Roman Grey (2 books)
by

Martin Cruz Smith

3.54 avg rating — 1,175 ratings

Quotes by Martin Cruz Smith (?)

“The great thing about being a writer is that you are always re-creating yourself.”
― Martin Cruz Smith

359 likes

“Because normal human activity is worse for nature than the greatest nuclear accident in history.”
― Martin Cruz Smith

tags: earth, humanity, nature, nuclear, nuclear-war, pollution

56 likes

“It was like a Russian party, Arkady thought. People got drunk, recklessly confessed their love, spilled their festering dislike, had hysterics, marched out, were dragged back in and revived with brandy. It wasn't a French salon.”
― Martin Cruz Smith

tags: alcohol, brandy, drunkenness, party, russia

34 likes

See all Martin Cruz Smith's quotes »

Polls

Voting for December 2018 group read - set in Russia!

Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

11 votes, 44.0%

Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith

7 votes, 28.0%

The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin

3 votes, 12.0%

Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews

3 votes, 12.0%

Kolymsky Heights by Lionel Davidson

1 vote, 4.0%

Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland

0 votes, 0.0%

25 total votes

comments and details

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Mystery/Thriller ...: Bouchercon in retrospect	39	139	Nov 05, 2010 01:53PM
Reading with Style: WI 10-11 10.9 - Cheryl TX's 2nd Place Task - Alphabet Soup	24	60	Jan 14, 2011 12:17PM
SciFi and Fantasy...: Which authors are on your "buy on sight" list	46	310	Feb 06, 2011 08:23PM
The Seasonal Read...: Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)	2578	1120	Feb 28, 2011 09:05PM
Reading with Style: WI 10-11 RwS Completed Tasks - Winter	704	515	Mar 01, 2011 09:19AM
ROBUST: The (im)morality of pandering to readers	145	41	Jul 27, 2011 06:54AM

More…