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Title: Rostnikov's Vacation: An Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov Novel by Stuart M. Kaminsky ISBN: 0-684-19022-2 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: October, 1991 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $77.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Characters
Comment: Perhaps this story requires a little "willing suspension of disbelief" as to the story line more than some of the others of this series, but the characters are drawn with Kaminsky's usual excellence. No reader will be disappointed!
Rating: 3
Summary: Dry pleasure
Comment: Something doesn't feel right when so many senior officers are ordered away on vacation-- and Rostnikov *knows* that something's wrong when one of his fellow vacationers dies suspiciously. All trails in this mystery set in the last days of the USSR lead to a problem larger than simple homicide...
Well-written, but ultimately not compelling.
Rating: 5
Summary: No rest for the weary (or Rostnikov)!
Comment: It's Yalta, and it's not a peace conference between heads of state!
Following orders from headquarters, Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov is taking a vacation in this resort city. (Some say, it's because they want him out of Moscow for a while!) With his wife, he is all set to take some needed rest and recuperation.
But this is a Stuart Kaminsky work and his fictionalized inspector is not about to be left alone in peace and quiet. In no time, naturally, he is involved in another murder--a fellow policeman is killed in less than honorable circumstances. So, Rostnikov's dreams of beach-side relaxation, of making sure his convalescent wife follows the doctors' orders, and of reading his favorite novels (American Ed McBain!), are put on hold.
The circumstances, indeed, are harbingers of what is happening in Moscow as the Iron Curtain is rapidly being packed away. The USSR is falling apart! Meanwhile, back in the capital, Rostnikov's pair of assistants, Emil ("The Vampire") and Sasha Tkach, are investigating crimes dealing with computers and psychos! "Rostnikov's Vacation" is yet another installment in a very exciting series set in the USSR.
The eighth in the series, readers have come to recognize--and respect--Kaminsky's penchant for detail, for finely-tuned characterization, and for thrilling resolutions.
The major fault in Kaminsky's work is that he doesn't produce his Rostnikov stories fast enough!
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Title: Blood and Rubles by Stuart M. Kaminsky ISBN: 0804112886 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 27 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Man Who Walked Like a Bear : An Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov Novel by Stuart M. Kaminsky ISBN: 0804106932 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 31 March, 1991 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Fall of a Cosmonaut by Stuart M. Kaminsky ISBN: 0892966688 Publisher: Mysterious Press Pub. Date: 21 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Death of a Russian Priest by Stuart M. Kaminsky ISBN: 0804108366 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 04 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Murder On the Trans-Siberian Express: A Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov Novel by Stuart M. Kaminsky ISBN: 0892967471 Publisher: Mysterious Press Pub. Date: 24 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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