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Title details for A Whisper to the Living by Stuart M. Kaminsky - Available

A Whisper to the Living

#16 in series

by Stuart M. Kaminsky
Daniel Oreskes
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Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov is an honest policeman in a very dishonest post-Soviet Union. He and his team are searching for a serial killer who has claimed at least forty victims. And then there is the problem of protecting a visiting British journalist who is working on a story about a Moscow prostitution ring—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 jobs—or their lives.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Inspector Rostnikov

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  • Release date

    February 1, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792769989
      • File size: 228443 KB
      • Duration: 07:55:55

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 2, 2009
      In MWA Grand Master Kaminsky's so-so 16th Porfiry Rostnikov novel (after 2008's People Who Walk in Darkness
      ), the chief inspector of Russia's Office of Special Investigations pursues a serial killer, the Bitsevsky Maniac, named for the Moscow park in whose vicinity many of his elderly victims have been found bludgeoned to death with a hammer. Rostnikov stakes out the park in the hopes of attracting the killer's attention. Meanwhile, the chief inspector's colleagues, who include Rostnikov's son, Iosef, deal with unrelated crimes, such as tracking down a boxing champion who's suspected of murdering his wife and his sparring partner. These subplots, combined with an early reveal of the maniac's identity, lessen the suspense. In addition, Rostnikov is a lot less complex character than another Russian cop trying to maintain his honesty in a corrupt society, Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko. Sadly, the prolific Kaminsky died October 9, 2009.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Kaminsky's sixteenth novel featuring Moscow police officer Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov features a serial killer who preys on homeless men and a prostitution ring with high-level police protection. Daniel Oreskes expertly portrays a cast of characters ranging from the crusty Rostnikov, with his painful artificial leg, to a giant boxer accused of murdering his wife. Oreskes's rendering of the characters is equaled by his perfect Russian accents. The listener may get the impression that English is not his first language. It is. With limited voicings, he delivers the full gamut of characters--young and old, male and female. M.C. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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