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]
An interesting read, dealing with a case of identity theft and how computers can rule or control our lives. Nothing much has changed then in the last 30 years as computers still have the ability to control what we do
not bad at all. a bit dated now, but a fair bit of the science fiction-y stuff is not far-fetched. And the plot is already pretty much following the formula he used all through the Gorky Park etc novels. I really like Martin Cruz Smith.