Death of a Russian Priest
Reeks: Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov Mysteries
Stuart M. Kaminsky
- “Never
- miss
- a
- Kaminsky
- book,
- and
- be
- especially
- sure
- not
- to
- miss
- Death
- of
- a
- Russian
- Priest.”
- —Tony
- Hillerman,
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- authorIn
- the
- darkest
- hours
- of
- communist
- rule,
- Father
- Merhum
- fought
- to
- protect
- the
- sanctity
- of
- the
- Orthodox
- Church.
- Now
- the
- Soviet
- Union
- is
- gone,
- but
- the
- bureaucracy
- survives,
- and
- within
- it
- lurk
- men
- who
- would
- do
- anything
- to
- undermine
- the
- fragile
- new
- Russian
- democracy.
- Father
- Merhum
- is
- on
- his
- way
- to
- Moscow
- to
- denounce
- those
- traitors
- when
- he
- is
- struck
- with
- an
- ax
- and
- killed.As
- police
- inspectors
- Porfiry
- Rostnikov
- and
- Emil
- Karpo
- dig
- into
- the
- past
- of
- this
- celebrated
- village
- priest,
- they
- uncover
- strange
- church
- secrets
- and
- a
- conspiracy
- to
- carry
- the
- vile
- corruption
- of
- the
- former
- regime
- on
- into
- the
- twenty-first
- century.
- But
- if
- they
- don’t
- watch
- their
- steps,
- someone
- may
- need
- to
- say
- the
- last
- rites
- for
- them.With
- the
- Edgar
- Award–winning
- Inspector
- Porfiry
- Rostnikov
- series,
- “Stuart
- Kaminsky
- evokes
- Russian
- life
- like
- a
- born
- Muscovite.
- .
- .
- .
- Don’t
- miss
- this
- one.
- It’s
- even
- better
- than
- his
- Edgar-winning
- A
- Cold
- Red
- Sunrise.”
- —The
- Philadelphia
- Inquirer“Kaminsky
- moves
- closer
- to
- becoming
- the
- Ed
- McBain
- of
- Mother
- Russia
- .
- .
- .
- The
- usual
- strengths
- of
- the
- series—ingenious
- plotting,
- solid
- police
- procedure,
- and
- Rostnikov’s
- shrewdly
- perceptive
- presence—are
- joined
- here
- by
- casually
- effective
- glimpses
- of
- the
- old
- Soviet
- Union
- in
- chancy
- transition.
- It
- all
- adds
- up
- to
- Rostnikov’s
- best
- outing
- since
- A
- Cold
- Red
- Sunrise.”
- —Kirkus Reviews
