Blood and Rubles (1996)

by Stuart M. Kaminsky

Series: Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov (10)

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Sad reality depicted with insight and compassion... The fact that Stuart Kaminsky is no more has still not registered with me to a full extent. One by one I go through his Inspector Rostnikov series, enjoying every one of them... (

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Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov (10)

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Blood and Rubles

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1996

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Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov

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Moscow, Russia

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Moscow Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov and his overworked crew investigate a Mafia execution, a gang of murderous children, a vanished Czarist treasure, and a high-level kidnapping.

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"TERRIFIC . . . EXCEPTIONAL."

--Detroit Free Press

Crime in post-communist Russia has only gotten worse: rubles are scarce, blood, plentiful. In the eyes of Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov and his metropolitan police team, newfound democracy has unleashed the desperation that pushes people over the edge, and a trio of nasty cases confirms their worst fears.

Deputy Inspector Sasha Tkach must find the murderous thieves who have terrorized an impoverished neighborhood. Policewoman Elena Timofeyeva joins the tax police in a raid on a house filled with priceless Czarist treasures--which disappear the following day without a trace. And relentless Inspector Emil Karpo will not rest until he finds the Mafia beasts who killed the only woman he has ever loved in a bloody drive-by shooting--and Karpo intends to punish them his way. . . .

"Deeply absorbing, full of character nuance and irony . . . Kaminsky's laconic tone and colorful prose bring [Moscow] and its denizens to life."

--The Sunday Herald

"Kaminsky excels each time he enters the harshness of post-Cold War Russia."

--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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In Russia, Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov and his squad of dedicated and honest policemen battle organized crime, muggings, kidnapings and murder. The action unfolds against the background of the anarchy which followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. By the author of A Cold Red Sunrise.… (more)