
Renko's boss wants him to certify the suicide and move on, but a few details bother the relentless detective. Pasha Ivanov, the wealthy director of NoviRus, a Moscow-based conglomerate, has jumped ten stories to his death.

The story opens when Renko is called to the scene of an apparent suicide. But Cruz has never been content to write the same book over and over, and in WOLVES EAT DOGS he manages to surpass any of his previous work. Cruz could be phoning it in by now and we'd still read his books because our attachment to his damaged hero is ferocious.

Arkady Renko long ago achieved the status of an iconic sleuth, his cynicism, melancholy and passion for the truth having earned him and his creator, Martin Cruz Smith, a large, loyal following.
