by Martin Cruz Smith · Wilhelm Heyne · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783453147577
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«Los Alamos» is the historical suspense novel by Martin Cruz Smith, published by Wilhelm Heyne in paperback (328 pages, in German).
In the novel, a detective investigates a murder at the secret Los Alamos laboratory in New Mexico, in the midst of the Manhattan Project, during World War II. The investigation among scientists, military personnel, and spies reveals tensions and moral dilemmas in the community building the atomic bomb.
The novel was originally published as «Stallion Gate» in 1986; this German edition is translated by Wulf Bergner.
For readers of historical fiction and spy thrillers, with a criminal investigation in a high-tension wartime setting.
Martin William Smith, known professionally as Martin Cruz Smith, was an American writer of mystery and suspense fiction, mostly in an international or historical setting. He was best known for his 11-book series featuring Russian investigator Arkady Renko, who was introduced in 1981 with Gorky Park and last appeared in Hotel Ukraine (2025).
