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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Page 155
... Rostnikov said , sighing . " Then you and I will drive to the Metropole for a little drink . Emil , Comrade Verson ... Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov to disappear . He had tried it before and failed . Tkach and Rostnikov rode in a bumpy ...
... Rostnikov said , sighing . " Then you and I will drive to the Metropole for a little drink . Emil , Comrade Verson ... Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov to disappear . He had tried it before and failed . Tkach and Rostnikov rode in a bumpy ...
Page 157
... Rostnikov recognized . The man had been imprisoned for beating another man who filled beer vending machines . The ... Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov . I do not know what name you are registered under , but you are Mik- hail Posniky . " The ...
... Rostnikov recognized . The man had been imprisoned for beating another man who filled beer vending machines . The ... Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov . I do not know what name you are registered under , but you are Mik- hail Posniky . " The ...
Page 195
... Rostnikov was through the door and standing in the complex known as the Center . Another KGB building existed on the ... Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov , " he told the uniformed young man at the desk . Behind this uniformed man stood ...
... Rostnikov was through the door and standing in the complex known as the Center . Another KGB building existed on the ... Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov , " he told the uniformed young man at the desk . Behind this uniformed man stood ...
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