I love Arkady Renko. I love his quick mind and his Russian-ness. While this is a story about murder and politics and Russia, it's also a story about Renko and how singular an individual he is in the middle of a society that outright punishes individuality.I have read the first three of the four Arkady Renko books and I own the last of the set although I haVen't read it yet. Truth be told, I don't want it to end, I'm not ready to say goodbye to him. I didn't read the third book, Red Square, until the fourth book came out. In starting the series at the beginning, I'm hoping to delay the end again.