About the Author

Martin Cruz Smith’s novels include Gorky Park, Stallion Gate, Nightwing, Polar Star, Stalin’s Ghost, Rose, December 6, Tatiana, The Girl from Venice, The Siberian Dilemma, and Independence Square. He is a two-time winner of the Hammett Prize, a recipient of the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award and Britain’s Golden Dagger Award, and a winner of the Premio Piemonte Giallo Internazionale. He lives in California.

Reviews

'Smith can make tension rise through the page like a shark's fin'
*Independent*

'One of those writers that anyone who is serious about their craft views with respect bordering on awe' 
*Val McDermid*

‘Cleverly and intelligently told, The Girl from Venice is a truly riveting tale of love, mystery and rampant danger. I loved it’ 
*Kate Furnivall, author of 'The Liberation'*

‘Smith not only constructs grittily realistic plots, he also has a gift for characterisation of which most thriller writers can only dream' 
*Mail on Sunday*

'The story drips with atmosphere and authenticity – a literary triumph'
*David Young, bestselling author of 'Stasi Child'*

'Smith was among the first of a new generation of writers who made thrillers literary' 
*Guardian*

'Brilliant…enough enigmas within enigmas within enigmas to reel the mind'
*The New Yorker*

'Brilliantly worked, marvellously written . . . an imaginative triumph' 
*Sunday Times*