{"product_id":"polar-star-9780345498175","title":"Polar Star","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - For a chance at redemption, disgraced inspector Arkady Renko must solve a shocking murder in this \"absolutely haunting\" (\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e) thriller from the author of \u003ci\u003eGorky Park.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Martin Cruz Smith writes the most inventive thrillers of anyone in the first rank of thriller writers.\"\u003ci\u003e--The Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe made too many enemies. He lost his party membership. Once Moscow's top criminal investigator, Arkady Renko now toils in obscurity on a Russian factory ship working with American trawlers in the middle of the Bering Sea. But when an adventurous female crew member is picked up dead with the day's catch, Renko is ordered by his captain to investigate an accident that has all the marks of murder. Up against the celebrated Soviet bureaucracy once more, Renko must again become the obsessed, dedicated cop he was and solve a chilling mystery fraught with international complications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16152617\"\u003eMartin Cruz Smith\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345498175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0345498178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC006000\"\u003eThrillers | Espionage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC002000\"\u003eAction \u0026amp; Adventure\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Cruz Smith\u003c\/b\u003e's novels include \u003ci\u003eGorky Park\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStallion Gate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePolar Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStalin's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRose\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDecember 6\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTatiana, Havana Bay, Red Square, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Girl from Venice\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a two-time winner of the Hammett Prize, a recipient of Britain's Golden Dagger Award, and a winner of the Premio Piemonte Giallo Internazionale. He passed away in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44421275779211,"sku":"9780345498175","price":20.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_41004466-8e32-432f-a7b0-cca778cf7475.jpg?v=1761661962","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/polar-star-9780345498175","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}