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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... hand , to dress himself with his left hand , and to write his clear , precise notes with his left hand . Deep within him , as he adjusted to the change , he considered what might happen if the procurator learned that his disability was ...
... hand , to dress himself with his left hand , and to write his clear , precise notes with his left hand . Deep within him , as he adjusted to the change , he considered what might happen if the procurator learned that his disability was ...
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... hand clamped his wrist , squeezing feeling from his fingers . The waiter's name was Vladimir Kuznetsov , and until ... hand and wrist . He would not give the Americans the satisfaction . On the other hand , he decided not to insult them ...
... hand clamped his wrist , squeezing feeling from his fingers . The waiter's name was Vladimir Kuznetsov , and until ... hand and wrist . He would not give the Americans the satisfaction . On the other hand , he decided not to insult them ...
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... hand and clasped his right hand over the boy's shoulder . " What are you doing , you crazy old fool ? " the boy said , trying to wriggle out of the firm grasp . The boy was about seventeen , the same age as the young men in the ...
... hand and clasped his right hand over the boy's shoulder . " What are you doing , you crazy old fool ? " the boy said , trying to wriggle out of the firm grasp . The boy was about seventeen , the same age as the young men in the ...
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