Stuart M. Kaminsky è un maestro narratore la cui prolifica produzione abbraccia numerose serie popolari, ognuna con una distinta voce investigativa. Il suo lavoro è caratterizzato da trame intricate e da una profonda comprensione del personaggio, attirando i lettori in mondi complessi. Il contributo di Kaminsky al genere mystery è innegabile, segnato dal plauso della critica e da un corpus di opere significativo che continua a catturare il pubblico.
Capitalism comes, communism goes . . . but crime springs eternal. For Inspector Rostnikov and his metropolitan police force, democracy seems only to have increased the call for their services. A bloody Mafia execution, a gang of murderous children, a vanished treasure trove of Czarist artifacts, and a kidnapping are amongst the cases that bedevil Rostnikov and company as they struggle to uphold the law.
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 assigned to only the most hopeless cases, one of which is about to take Rostnikov deep into Siberia. A corrupt commissar has been stabbed through the eye with an icicle. A murder at this level should be a top priority, but Rostnikov gets the distinct impression that the powers-that-be would prefer this case go unsolved--and that Rostnikov not survive this Siberian winter. "As always, Kaminsky provides a colorful, tightly written mystery . . . filled with twists, countertwists, and a surprise ending that is plausible and clever." --Chicago Tribune
"Rostnikov is quite simply the best cop to come out of the Soviet Union since Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko in Gorky Park."--San Francisco ExaminerIn the topsy-turvy world of post-communist Russia, Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov's work is never done. Three congregants from a local synagogue, gunned down in the night, are the latest victims in the seemingly systematic execution of Jews in Moscow. But the shocking identity of one of the murdered men leads Rostnikov to suspect that, rather than simple intolerance, a more calculated motive lies behind the slaughter. Meanwhile, the city's women are under siege by The Shy One—a knife-wielding rapist who strikes without being seen. And as the last vestiges of order spin wildly out of control, a rabid antinuclear crusader plans to send a message to the New Russia via an "explosive" special delivery. It's up to Rostnikov and his fellow cops to stop the madness before it stops Russia—for good. . . ."Stuart Kaminsky's Rostnikov novels are among the best mysteries being written."--The San Diego Union
Two people have died in mysterious circumstances; the young daughter of a famous dissident, and the Moscow police Commissar sent to investigate her death. Was the Commissar killed because he discovered some vital clue to the child's death? Or because he had happened upon some other secret in this 'town of exiles'? -- P. [4] of cover.
The Moscow Film Festival may lack Cannes' boats, bikinis, and gentle breezes, but it has nevertheless attracted scores of international actors, directors, and deal-makers. For some, the festival represents Moscow's re-emergence as a world-class city. But for a gang of zealots headed by a beautiful brunette, the festival represents a target, and they have been attacking the film people with frightening efficiency. Desperate to avoid embarrassment, the Kremlin is trying to cover up the killings. And desperate to stop the killers, the KGB has put Inspector Rostnikov on the case. With his Jewish wife and his suspect taste for American crime novels, Rostnikov is hardly the KGB's favorite cop. But he's their best hope to catch the woman with brown hair, complicated motives, and a really big bomb. Plenty of suspense of the best sort - moving and admirable - Washington Post Edgar-winning series The Ed McBain of Mother Russia
The story intertwines two chilling murders: a family slaughtered in their Queens home and an Orthodox Jew found dead in his Brooklyn synagogue. As the CSI investigators delve into these seemingly unrelated cases, they uncover a web of connections that challenge their skills and determination. The narrative explores themes of justice and resilience, showcasing the relentless pursuit of truth by those dedicated to solving the mysteries that haunt their community.
The time is January 1942, and Toby Peters' services have just been retained by the private eye's strangest client: Bela Lugosi, who, over a decade after frightening millions of Americans with his depiction of the notorious Count Dracula, is now being stalked by a very real, very deadly, all-too-human creature of darkness intent on punishing the fading actor for perceived slights made against the vapiric race. Before Peters can get a handle on the situation, though, his business suddenly doubles in sound and fury when William Faulkner, the nation's most distinguished author gone Hollywood, is accused of killing a movie agent he hardly knew. Can even Peters find the connection between the two cases before he falls prey to the sinister machinations of the children of the night...?
