Death of a Dissident: Inspector Rostnikov #1 (Volume 1) - Softcover

Kaminsky, Stuart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933397209 ISBN 13: 9781933397207

Publisher: Felony & Mayhem, 2005

Synopsis

Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov has a lot on his plate. His superiors in the Moscow police force are suspicious of his Jewish wife, the black-market copies of his beloved Ed McBain 87th Precinct novels are getting tough to find, and his dreams of becoming a competitive weight-lifter are receding at a rapid clip. Then there's the famous dissident who's been murdered right before his trial. Rostnikov is charged with finding the killer, but the arrest had better be politically convenient, acceptable to the KGB. Things only get trickier when the killer strikes again, displaying a fondness for weapons?a hammer, a sickle, a vodka bottle?with a particularly Russian resonance.

About this title

From the Publisher

Stuart Kaminsky first came to my attention when he won the Edgar Award for A COLD RED SUNRISE, one of his novels starring Russian police inspector Porfiry Rostnikov. And when I devoured that novel, I went back to read the earlier titles in the series. Stuart is extremely prolific -- writing other series, short stories, non-series thriller novels (some of which have been made into movies); but the Rostnikov novels are really something special, and they have inspired critical comparisons with Martin Cruz Smith's GORKY PARK. So if you liked Arkady Renko in that wonderful thriller, then I can definitely recommend the Rostnikov novels to you.

--Joe Blades, Associate Publisher

From the Inside Flap

lt;br>An unscrupulous cab driver. The killer's own frightened wife. Most troublesome of all, an outspoken dissident, watched closely by the KGB, whose trial had been set for the very next day.
THE WEAPONS
A heavy iron-headed hammer. A rusty, antiquated sickle. And a broken vodka bottle.
THE COPS
Tkach, who seduces suspects into confessing with his apparent innocence. Karpo, a bit of a Tartar, a bit of a vampire, a stolid saint of the Soviet faith. And Rostnikov, their leader, who almost wishes the investigation won't turn out to be too simple. Before the case is over, Rostnikov will remember that wish and regret it.
"Stuart Kaminsky has created a sympathetic and engaging hero . . . ." -- The Cincinnati Post

Edition details

• Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933397209
• ISBN 13: 9781933397207
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232