Hotel Ukraine is the final Arkady Renko book from Martin Cruz Smith, who, per
SYKM, passed away earlier this year. It has dropped to £1.99 at Kindle UK, as part of today's Daily Deal. It hasn't dropped yet at Kobo UK, but since it's only just past midnight right now in the UK, it probably will later today. And I'm too lazy to do the Kobo price match thing (even with the small bonus) unless I have to: filling out the form, keeping track of whether I get the refund, making the screenshots in case I have to argue with them. Of course, YMMV! But in any case, I'm providing the Kobo link for price-check as well...
Kindle UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C5JZXDYD
Kobo UK:
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/hotel-ukraine-1
Spoiler:
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The rivetingly tense and timely conclusion to the Arkady Renko series – an iconic character from a titan of the political crime thriller genre.
When Arkady Renko is charged with investigating the murder of Alexei Kazasky, the Deputy Minister of Defence, he knows he has to tread carefully. Alexei Kazasky is a high-profile politician and has a complicated relationship with Putin. This investigation clearly has Kremlin approval, but, as with everything in Russia, things are not always what they seem.
Already preoccupied with his developing Parkinson’s, Arkady finds he has more to worry about. The war in Ukraine is gaining momentum, and his adopted son Zhenya has become involved with the Black Army, a Russo-Ukrainian group of hacktivists. Moreover, as Arkady digs deeper into Kazasky’s murder, he realizes that the man’s death may have been more politically motivated than he first assumed.
Now it seems that the people behind the killing have him firmly in their crosshairs – but this time Arkady’s life is not the only one on the line.
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