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Title details for Death of a Dissident by Stuart M. Kaminsky - Available

Death of a Dissident

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by Stuart M. Kaminsky
John McLain
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In this mystery introducing a hard-boiled Soviet police inspector, "Kaminsky gets Russia right" (Ed McBain). Aleksander Granovsky has dedicated his life to exposing the brutality of the Russian penal system. In two days he will be tried for the crime of smuggling essays to the West. It is a show trial, and there is no doubt he will be convicted and executed, yet before he dies, he intends to tell the truth one more time. But this is Moscow, where death is never heroic. While writing his final speech in his government flat, Granovsky is surprised by an assassin, who pierces his heart with the point of a rusty scythe. The case is given to Porfiry Rostnikov, a veteran Moscow police inspector with a knack for navigating the labyrinths of Soviet bureaucracy. A bruising bear of a man, whose love of weightlifting and American pizza has left him as squat and powerful as a .38 bullet, Rostnikov may be the toughest cop in Moscow. This winter, his challenge is not just to find the killer, but to survive the investigation, as every question he asks takes him closer to exposing the dark heart of the KGB.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 18, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781696604918
      • File size: 208509 KB
      • Duration: 07:14:23

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Reading an Inspector Rostnikov mystery is like being transported to Moscow to feel, smell, experience and endure Russian life. Kaminsky's characters include high Party officials, police, desperate Westernized youth, dissidents, and the man and woman on the street. Narrator Hammer is a master at portraying the various accents, classes and backgrounds. He evokes the mental or physical state of each character by modulation of his voice and breath. The audio version of Kaminsky's book offers an enhancement to a great piece of literature. Seldom do writer and narrator create a sense of time, place and situation so masterfully. S.G.B. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      Hammer evokes the mental or physical state of each character. Seldom do writer and narrator create a sense of time, place and situation so masterfully. S.G.B. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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