Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries
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Death of a dissident , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 1
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1992.
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A terrorist at the Moscow Film Festival plots an international incident Built in the twilight of the Tsarist state, Moscow's Metropole Hotel is a poignant reminder of the decadence of the last regime. But today its corridors are musty, its rooms are dank, and now its restaurant is the scene of a quadruple murder. Four men-one American, one Japanese, and two citizens of Mother Russia-share a meal of smoked salmon, caviar, and two bottles of vodka....
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To salvage his career, Rostnikov takes on a baffling bathroom murder After a lifetime in service to the Soviet Union, police inspector Porfiry Rostnikov may have found a way out. A high-profile homicide leads him to a cache of documents packed full of incriminating Kremlin gossip, which he uses as a bargaining chip to secure exit visas for himself and his wife. But just before the deal closes, Brezhnev's death sends the nation into turmoil, and dooms...
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A fine red rain , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 4
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A Moscow cop is left out in the cold in this "impressive" Edgar Award winner for Best Mystery Novel (The Washington Post Book World).
When forced to choose between the law and the party line, Police Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov has a disturbing tendency to fight for justice, and that has won him no friends at the Kremlin. Now his enemies in the KGB have arranged a transfer to the lowest rungs of Moscow law enforcement, a backwater department...
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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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10) Blood and Rubles
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Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 10
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In post–Cold War Moscow, business is booming and crime pays Capitalism has come to Russia, and money is raining from the sky. As the trickle of cash turns to a torrent, bureaucrats become oligarchs, and the brutal Russian mafia consolidates its power. In the center of this madness is police inspector Porfiry Rostnikov, a thoughtful detective who is struggling to adjust to life in these turbulent times. A prominent businessman is kidnapped in...
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Tarnished icons , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 11
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Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 12
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[1998]
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The world is a strange, sad, and wonderful place. And Moscow is at its center. Killers are running through the city - some on two legs, some on four. To lower the body count, Porfiry Rosmikov, the Moscow Police's one-legged inspector, will have to move faster than anybody.
Stalwarts of the Russian Mafia who live by the sword are finally dying by it. One is found naked and shot in the Moscow River, others floating in pools at the city's poshest hotels....
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Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 13
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2000
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Chief inspector of the Moscow Police, Porfiry Rostnikov, works on three seemingly unrelated cases: a missing cosmonaut possesses secrets that are not safe to keep, a filmmaker's epic of the life of Tolstoy is held for ransom by a demented chess fanatic, and a leader of a center for paranormal research is murdered.
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Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 14
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c2001
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A century-old mystery takes Rostnikov halfway around the world 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 the Russia of Vladimir Putin. A large amount of money is being sent from...
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Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 15
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[2008]
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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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A whisper to the living , Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries volume 16
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