HAVANA BAY

Martin Cruz Smith continues the adventures of his reluctant hero, Arkady Renko, maverick Moscow policeman, who has been summoned by the Russian Embassy to locate a missing friend. Stephen Lang ably captures Arkady's dark depression and transitions between Russian and Cuban accents as if dancing on the head of a pin. As usual, Arkady is bucking the authorities, and we're along for the ride. E.K.D. © AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/SEP 99]