Senior Investigator Arkady Renko is assigned to what appears to be the straightforward suicide of a wealthy Russian oligarch, but inconsistencies quickly convince him that the case is murder. His investigation leads him to the eerie, radioactive Exclusion Zone around Chernobyl, where another brutal killing reveals a web of corruption, greed, and long-buried secrets. Surrounded by danger from both ruthless criminals and the contaminated landscape itself, Renko pursues the truth through one of the world's most haunting settings.

Martin Cruz Smith

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