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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... Moscow murders and that one could mention " Jew ” to him in a patronizing way . Rostnikov's wife , Sarah , was Jewish . The assistant procurator certainly knew this . If Sarah were not Jewish , Rostnikov himself would probably have been ...
... Moscow murders and that one could mention " Jew ” to him in a patronizing way . Rostnikov's wife , Sarah , was Jewish . The assistant procurator certainly knew this . If Sarah were not Jewish , Rostnikov himself would probably have been ...
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... Moscow was a vast matrix of drunks who staggered about like giddy or morose zombies . He had heard that it was worse in other countires - Iceland , the United States- but Moscow surely had a high percentage of those who sought escape in ...
... Moscow was a vast matrix of drunks who staggered about like giddy or morose zombies . He had heard that it was worse in other countires - Iceland , the United States- but Moscow surely had a high percentage of those who sought escape in ...
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... Moscow University . I am certified in economics . I— ” he fumed angrily , hoping that he was playing his role with indignation . A smile touched the quite lovely full lips of the woman . Tkach did not like the smile or the words she ...
... Moscow University . I am certified in economics . I— ” he fumed angrily , hoping that he was playing his role with indignation . A smile touched the quite lovely full lips of the woman . Tkach did not like the smile or the words she ...
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