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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... slowly getting to his feet . He walked to the counter to look at Sasha and placed the heavy electric tool on the counter with a thud . " A man you would know , " Sasha said , lowering his voice confidentially . " My name is Nikolai ...
... slowly getting to his feet . He walked to the counter to look at Sasha and placed the heavy electric tool on the counter with a thud . " A man you would know , " Sasha said , lowering his voice confidentially . " My name is Nikolai ...
Page 69
... slowly , almost slowly enough to be considered insolent , but Khabolov had dealt Rostnikov a card that permitted the risk . Khabolov needed the disgraced chief inspector , was admitting that his experience was essential if the deputy ...
... slowly , almost slowly enough to be considered insolent , but Khabolov had dealt Rostnikov a card that permitted the risk . Khabolov needed the disgraced chief inspector , was admitting that his experience was essential if the deputy ...
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... slowly , so slowly that our feet sometimes sank ankle - deep into mud in the woods and fields . The roads were a bit better , but we still avoided them . Sometimes we saw or heard someone working in a field , and one time we moved ...
... slowly , so slowly that our feet sometimes sank ankle - deep into mud in the woods and fields . The roads were a bit better , but we still avoided them . Sometimes we saw or heard someone working in a field , and one time we moved ...
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