A Russian police investigator interrogates a detained political artist, with the end result being that the detective — his eyes opened to the state’s abuses of power — renounces his badge. It sounds ...

Arkady Renko now fumbles with his keys at the door as his Parkinson’s disease gradually grows worse. The legendary Russian detective has struggled to keep his declining health a secret, but the ...

Martin Cruz Smith, who transported readers behind the Iron Curtain in his multifaceted crime novel “Gorky Park,” a Soviet-era blockbuster that topped bestseller lists and kicked off a long-running ...