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 87
... chair and a bank of switches for lights , Rostnikov found himself to the right of the stage of the thea- ter . On the stage , illuminated by an insufficient light from high above , stood a man with a mop . On a chair near the old man ...
... chair and a bank of switches for lights , Rostnikov found himself to the right of the stage of the thea- ter . On the stage , illuminated by an insufficient light from high above , stood a man with a mop . On a chair near the old man ...
Page 179
... chair back , looked to the two doors , chose Tkach's , and ran toward him . Rostnikov reached out to grab him but was too late . Martin bumped into one table where a couple was eating soup , which went flying . Rostnikov could but watch ...
... chair back , looked to the two doors , chose Tkach's , and ran toward him . Rostnikov reached out to grab him but was too late . Martin bumped into one table where a couple was eating soup , which went flying . Rostnikov could but watch ...
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... chair and another duplicate chair opposite the first . Rostnikov sat . " Tea ? " asked the general , his ancient eyes never leaving Rostnikov's face . The tea sat on the small table in a very decadent - looking porcelain samovar . There ...
... chair and another duplicate chair opposite the first . Rostnikov sat . " Tea ? " asked the general , his ancient eyes never leaving Rostnikov's face . The tea sat on the small table in a very decadent - looking porcelain samovar . There ...
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