A Whisper to the Living: An Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov Mystery (Inspector Rostnikov)
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ISBN: 076531889X / Publisher: Forge Books, January 2011
In post-Soviet Union Russia, Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov must search for a serial killer, while also protecting a British journalist who is researching a story about a Moscow prostitution ring.
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A Whisper to the Living continues the adventures (some would say trials and tribulations) of Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, an honest policeman in a very dishonest post-Soviet Union. Rostnikov is one of the most engaging and relevant characters in crime fiction, a sharp and caring policeman as well as the perfect tour guide to a changing (that is, disintegrating) Russia. This time Rostnikov and his team are searching for a serial killer who has claimed at least 40 victims. They're also handling the case of a missing boxer known as the Giant and two dead bodies who aren't missing at all—the boxer's wife and his sparring partner. And then there is the problem of protecting a visiting British journalist who is working on a story about a Moscow prostitution ring…and in doing so Rostnikov and his team uncover a chain of murders that lead to a source too high to be held accountable if the police want to keep their jobsOr their lives.
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