Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries
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Death of a dissident , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 1
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Black knight in Red Square , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 2
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Red chameleon , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 3
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A fine red rain , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 4
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A cold red sunrise , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 5
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The man who walked like a bear , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 6
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Rostnikov's vacation , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 7
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Death of a Russian priest , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 8
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Hard currency , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 9
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In an era of financial free-for-all in Russia, a Moscow cop deals with rampant crime in a “terrific” and “exceptional” police drama (Detroit Free Press).
It’s the mid-nineties, and capitalism and privatization have come to Russia. As the trickle of cash turns to a torrent, bureaucrats become oligarchs, and the brutal Russian mafia is on the rise. Newfound democracy has not reduced the...
It’s the mid-nineties, and capitalism and privatization have come to Russia. As the trickle of cash turns to a torrent, bureaucrats become oligarchs, and the brutal Russian mafia is on the rise. Newfound democracy has not reduced the...
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Tarnished icons , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 11
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The dog who bit a policeman , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 12
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Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 13
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With his Edgar Award-winning series about a Moscow cop
In the 1960s, Russian children wanted to be cosmonauts like Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space. But the Soviet Union is history, and Gagarin's glory is long gone. For the men and women aboard the decaying Mir space station, life is an unending series of near-disasters. During one such breakdown, cosmonaut Tsimion Vladovka asks ground control to contact Moscow police inspector Porfiry Rostnikov...
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Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 14
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A Moscow cop juggles cases of kidnapping, murder, and a missing Czarist-era document in a modern-day mystery with never a dull moment.
In the waning days of the Russian Empire, the Czar inked a secret treaty with Japan that was stolen en route by one of the workmen on the Trans-Siberian Railway. More than a one hundred years later, the Soviet Union has gone the way of the Czardom, and police inspector Porfiry Rostnikov is trying to find his way in...
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Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 15
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Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov travels to Siberia to investigate a murder at a diamond mine, where he discovers an old secret...and an even older personal problem. His compatriots head to Kiev on a trail of smuggled diamonds and kidnapped guest workers....and what they discover leads them to a vast conspiracy that not only has international repercussions but threatens them on a very personal level.
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Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, an honest policeman in a very dishonest post-Soviet Union, is a sharp and caring policeman as well as the perfect tour guide to a changing Russia. Rostnikov and his team are searching for a serial killer who has claimed at least 40 victims. And then there is the problem of protecting a visiting British journalist who is working on a story about a Moscow prostitution ring and in doing so, Rostnikov and his team...