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- 1 2 Marilyn Stasio (November 15, 2019). "Arkady Renko Has Been Sent to Siberia. And He's Fine With That". The New York Times . Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- ↑ Picker, Lenny (September 20, 2019). "Martin Cruz Smith's Latest Book Heads Back to the U.S.S.R." Publishers Weekly . Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- ↑ Maria Lipman (February 11, 2020). "The Siberian Dilemma Reviewed by Maria Lipman". Foreign Affairs . Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ↑ Babakian, Genine (November 6, 2019). "Review: Martin Cruz Smith's latest novel disappoints". Associated Press . Retrieved June 4, 2023.