Against the complex, impenetrable landscape of modern-day Moscow, Arkady Renko struggles with a variety of problems – among them a kidnapped baby with a mysterious teenage mother, a dead prostitute, and police corruption. And he mustdeal with all of these as he battles against the onset of middle age. Seventh in the series. "Taut, suspenseful story... McLarty is especially good at picking out the significant shadings of Smith's understated style... fine production."—AudioFile