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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... brass candlestick . " " A brass candlestick . " Rostnikov sighed , picking up his coat . " Zelach will get a description . Why would someone want your grandmother's brass candlestick ? " And the old man ? " " In the hall , " Sofiya said ...
... brass candlestick . " " A brass candlestick . " Rostnikov sighed , picking up his coat . " Zelach will get a description . Why would someone want your grandmother's brass candlestick ? " And the old man ? " " In the hall , " Sofiya said ...
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... brass candlestick the killers took from the Savistkaya apartment . 99 Zelach shrugged . The candlestick held no interest for him . His impulse toward enthusiasm had waned with the after- noon . Żelach was exhausted from two days of ...
... brass candlestick the killers took from the Savistkaya apartment . 99 Zelach shrugged . The candlestick held no interest for him . His impulse toward enthusiasm had waned with the after- noon . Żelach was exhausted from two days of ...
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... candlestick he had drawn ; Karpo trying to think of nothing - and almost succeeding . " Two questions , Comrade Karpo , " Rostnikov said with a sigh . " First , why would someone murder an old man and take only a brass candlestick ...
... candlestick he had drawn ; Karpo trying to think of nothing - and almost succeeding . " Two questions , Comrade Karpo , " Rostnikov said with a sigh . " First , why would someone murder an old man and take only a brass candlestick ...
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