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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... desk , the desk of Emil Karpo , who had nearly died a month earlier in an explosion in Red Square . Since his return to duty , his right arm lying limp in a black sling , Karpo had been even less communicative than before . Karpo , he ...
... desk , the desk of Emil Karpo , who had nearly died a month earlier in an explosion in Red Square . Since his return to duty , his right arm lying limp in a black sling , Karpo had been even less communicative than before . Karpo , he ...
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... desk , some false teeth . " You can , ” said Karpo , standing in front of the desk , mo- tionless , " tell me when it was made , who made it , how I might discover who it belongs to . ' " " " Miracles , " said the monkey of a man ...
... desk , some false teeth . " You can , ” said Karpo , standing in front of the desk , mo- tionless , " tell me when it was made , who made it , how I might discover who it belongs to . ' " " " Miracles , " said the monkey of a man ...
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... desk to turn on the desk lamp . The room was remarkably small , small even for a poor Muscovite . It was almost a cell , a cell with a simple table desk , a bed that was little more than a cot , a hot plate in the corner , and shelves ...
... desk to turn on the desk lamp . The room was remarkably small , small even for a poor Muscovite . It was almost a cell , a cell with a simple table desk , a bed that was little more than a cot , a hot plate in the corner , and shelves ...
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