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Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year... I just wish some of them were harder to figure out.

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Because normal human activity is worse for nature than the greatest nuclear accident in history.

Martin Cruz Smith

Kali is the goddess of destruction, the Clawed Hands, the Blood Drinker... And that's one side of her, as it is for any god. If you knew her for thousands of years you'd know she could be all colors. The sky is black at night, but if your eyes were good enough, they could see the different lights of a million stars. Death is part of her because death is part of life.

Martin Cruz Smith

Martin Cruz Smith

Martin Cruz Smith

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Born: November 3, 1942

Died: July 11, 2025 (aged 82)

Bio: Martin Cruz Smith was an American mystery novelist. He is best known for his eight-novel series on Russian investigator Arkady Renko, who was first introduced in 1981 with Gorky Park.

Known for:

Gorky Park (1981)
Polar Star (1989)
Three Stations (2010)
Havana Bay (1999)
Red Square (1992)

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