Red Chameleon: An Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov MysteryThe violent and inexplicable murder of an old man in his bathtub and the theft of a worthless candlestick send Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov on a hunt into the past . . . A ring of car thieves with a taste for expensive vehicles is at large in Moscow's streets . . . High above the gray city, a sniper is taking aim at police officers, and the obsessed detective Emil Karpo takes the assignment to heart . . . "Kaminsky works up plenty of sweaty-palmed suspense of the best sort, built out of equal parts of likeable characters and believable dangers." Washington Post Book World |
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... Abraham Savitskaya had been born in the village of Yekteraslav in 1902. Savitskaya had immigrated to the United States in 1919 , just as the Revo- lution had begun . He had returned to Russia in 1924. Some- how Savitskaya had been given ...
... Abraham Savitskaya had been born in the village of Yekteraslav in 1902. Savitskaya had immigrated to the United States in 1919 , just as the Revo- lution had begun . He had returned to Russia in 1924. Some- how Savitskaya had been given ...
Page 91
... Abraham Savitskaya owned ? " The old man's face looked blank , and he began to shake his head when an image came , a memory . He shuffled a foot for new balance . " No , it was Mikhail who left with the candlesticks , " he said , seeing ...
... Abraham Savitskaya owned ? " The old man's face looked blank , and he began to shake his head when an image came , a memory . He shuffled a foot for new balance . " No , it was Mikhail who left with the candlesticks , " he said , seeing ...
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... Abraham Savitskaya and I had lost too many relatives to the Christian Russia to believe it . " " And Ostrovsky , " Rostnikov added , reaching for the bottle of wine . It was awful wine , but it was wine . " The actor . " Posniky looked ...
... Abraham Savitskaya and I had lost too many relatives to the Christian Russia to believe it . " " And Ostrovsky , " Rostnikov added , reaching for the bottle of wine . It was awful wine , but it was wine . " The actor . " Posniky looked ...
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