POLAR STAR BY MARTIN CRUZ SMITH IN SOUTH AFRICA

POLAR STAR by MARTIN CRUZ SMITH. Published by FONTANA/Collins Harvill. Softcover. 1989. 437 pages ISBN-13: Not available ISBN-10: Not available Martin Cruz Smith is 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. Wikipedia An excellent second hand copy of this book. The review on the back cover by NEW YOUR TIMES reads as follows:  Fishing in the Bering Sea, a trawler's nets bring up flatfish, pollock, crabs and a blonde girl in a white vlouse and blue jeans.  Her name is Zina, and she is a crew member of the Soviet factory ship Polar Star which processes the American trawlers' catches........ Renko is ordered by his captain to investigate the accident that has all the marks of murder. Up against the celebrated Soviet bureaucracy once more, Renko must again become the obsessed, dedicated cop he was in Gorky Park and solve a chilling mystery fraught with international complications. This is a MUST READ to add to your reading bucket list.