A Fine Red Rain
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Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov fights to stop a vendetta against the acrobats of the Moscow circus.
A drunk perches atop the statue of Nikolai Gogol in Arbat Square, and police inspector Porfiry Rostnikov sighs. After years fighting to become a top detective, he has suffered a demotion to the minor crimes unit, which means the lunatic on the statue is his responsibility. But the limping policeman fails to talk the distraught man down, and with a perfect somersault, acrobat Valerian Duznetzov makes the last leap of his storied career.
Across town, Duznetzov's partner, Oleg, waits for him under the big top, practicing their trapeze routine high above the circus floor. After letting go of the bars and going into a perfect double flip, Oleg falls, realizing just before impact that the net was treacherously untied. As Rostnikov digs into this strange pair of deaths, he finds dark secrets inside the Moscow circus -- secrets sure to grab the attention of his old friends at the KGB.
Stuart M. Kaminsky
Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934-2009) was the author of fifty novels, including the Lew Fonesca mystery series and the Toby Peters mystery series. A former president of Mystery Writers of America, Kaminsky was a recipient of the Edgar Award and the Prix de Roman D’Aventure of France. He was also nominated for the Shamus and McCavity Awards. His previous tie-in work includes two original Rockford Files novels.
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Reviews for A Fine Red Rain
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In this fourth book of the Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mystery series we find our protagonist investigating two mysterious deaths at the New Circus, Karpo reviewing cold case files about murdered prostitutes, and Tkach working undercover to find those responsible for smuggling video tapes from the West. I enjoy how the author combines, yet keeps separate, the individual story lines, and makes the characters three dimensional. Another recommended read by Kaminsky.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It will be a sad day for me when I finish all the books of Inspector Rostnikov series, and I am half way through... Marvelous writing, great appeal. With all the knowledge the author seems to have about Russia and the Soviet days, I find it amusing that he chooses to invent half of the names for his characters, making them sound weird (I should know - I am from that part of the world). But that doesn't limit the enjoyment of reading this series.