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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... apartment to look at a new painting , Sasha had gone , leaving mother , wife , and soon - to - come child in their two - room apartment . And when Bazhen had shown him the idiotic painting of a horse or a boar or a bear on its knees ...
... apartment to look at a new painting , Sasha had gone , leaving mother , wife , and soon - to - come child in their two - room apartment . And when Bazhen had shown him the idiotic painting of a horse or a boar or a bear on its knees ...
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... apartment could not sustain two brooders without the possibility of explosion . Rostnikov had not called ahead that he was coming . There was no one to call . The Savitskayas had no telephone . Few Russians had telephones . The latest ...
... apartment could not sustain two brooders without the possibility of explosion . Rostnikov had not called ahead that he was coming . There was no one to call . The Savitskayas had no telephone . Few Russians had telephones . The latest ...
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... apartment of Sofiya Savitskaya . She opened it , and he could see that she was once again alone . He handed her the candlestick . " The man who killed your father is dead , ” he said . “ He confessed and then was accidentally run over ...
... apartment of Sofiya Savitskaya . She opened it , and he could see that she was once again alone . He handed her the candlestick . " The man who killed your father is dead , ” he said . “ He confessed and then was accidentally run over ...
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