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Black Knight in Red Square
Black Knight in Red Square
Black Knight in Red Square
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Black Knight in Red Square

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A Soviet cop stars in this novel of “sweaty-palmed suspense . . . Equal parts likeable characters and believable dangers” (The Washington Post Book World).
 
The Moscow Film Festival is in town, and the elite artists of the East and West have convened at the legendary Metropole Hotel to drink, gossip, and flirt. But the party is about to come crashing down. Four men—one American, one Japanese, and two Russians—will all be dead by morning, poisoned.
 
To keep the killings under wraps, the Kremlin hands the investigation over to the famously discreet police investigator Porfiry Rostnikov. A hard-boiled cop with more than three decades’ experience navigating the deadly jungle of the Soviet bureaucracy, Rostnikov is about to find himself both in the international spotlight and in the crosshairs of a terrorist, who is targeting foreigners to embarrass the Soviet state and will happily sacrifice any Russian who gets in the way.
 
This Edgar Award–nominated follow-up to Death of a Dissident confirms Stuart Kaminsky’s status as “the Ed McBain of Mother Russia” (Kirkus Reviews).
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Release dateOct 16, 2012
ISBN9781453266304
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Stuart M. Kaminsky

Stuart M. Kaminsky was the author of more than 60 novels and an Edgar Award winner who was given the coveted Grand Master Award by the Mystery Writers of America. His series include the Lew Fonesca, Inspector Rostnikov, Toby Peters, and Abe Lieberman mysteries, which includes such titles as Terror Town, The Last Dark Place, and Not Quite Kosher. He passed away in the fall of 2009.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    I just love Inspector Rostnikov series! Each one is great. There is always a good plot, fast-paced but at the same time slow enough to notice the nuances of Soviet life (in the early 1980s in this instance). Inspector Rostnikov has a double challenge as usual: investigating crime and fighting off the suspicions KGB that often hinder his investigations. Stuart Kaminsky has a good knowledge of that part of the world, but it often amuses me why he chooses to invent some Russian names that don't sound like Russian. But that might just be his secret. I hope he continues this series. Because they reflect how much Russia has changed lately (some of it to the good, some to the bad...).
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    In this second book about Soviet detective Porfiry Rostnikov we find him investigating the death of an infamous American, as well as a terrorist plot, his work interwoven with both petty and not so petty criminal elements. I love the characters, and the author's ability to submerge the reader into Cold War Moscow. Recommended.

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