Dexter Morgan: forensic analyst, serial killer and ... family man?

'An absolute delight. Think Tolstoy writing James Bond with the logical rigour of Sherlock Holmes. A hoot' Guardian

Rommy Squirrel Gandolph is an inmate on death row for a triple murder. His slow progress towards exectution is nearing completion when Arthur Raven, a corporate lawyer and Rommy's reluctant representative, receives word of new evidence that will exonerate Gandolph.

The body was drifting in Havana Bay the morning Arkady arrived from Moscow. The Cubans insisted that the body was his friend Pribluda, but Arkady wasn't so sure. Havana is not a welcoming place if you're a Russian, particularly if you're a Russian investigating the death of another Russian. But Arkady is used to being unpopular.

By the author of "Gorky Park". This novel is the story of Jonathan Blair, an American adventurer cast adrift in Victorian England who must travel north to solve the mysterious disappearance of a young cleric - and confront his own heart of darkness.

Three corpses had been found in Moscow. But why the horrific mutilations? And why had they been buried in the snows of Gorky Park? It did indeed become a triple murder investigation for Chief Investigator Arkady Renko.