An omnibus of two of Martin Cruz Smith's books.

Polar Star
In the long-awaited sequel to Gorky Park, Arkady Renko has made too many enemies and now he toils in obscurity on a huge Russian fishing-factory ship in the middle of the Bering Sea. But when a young female crew member is picked up dead with the day's catch, Renko is asked to investigate. He becomes obsessed with the case and once again discovers more than he wants to know and certainly more than he bargained for .... a case as chilling and gripping as his previous adventure.

Rose
The year is 1872. The place is Wigan, England, a coal town where rich mine owners live lavishly alongside miners no better than slaves. Into this dark, complicated world comes Jonathan Blair, who has accepted a commission to find a missing man.

When he begins his search every road leads back to one woman, a haughty, vixenish pit girl named Rose. With her fiery hair and skirts pinned up over trousers, she cares nothing for a society that calls her unnatural, scandalous, erotic.

As Rose and Blair circle one another, first warily, then with the heat of mutual desire, Blair loses his balance. And the lull induced by Rose's sensual touch leaves him unprepared for the bizarre, soul-scorching truth. . . .


Cover Illustration by Christos Magganas