Synopses & Reviews
Review
"The murky and constantly shifting moral ground of contemporary Russia is a perfect background for Kaminsky's detective Porfiry Rostnikov. In the past, Rostnikov patiently and painfully labored to squeeze a rough kind of justice from a system that was based on lies and distortions. Now, with few even paying lip service to the old pieties, the pure knight Rostnikov and his band of merry men stand in even greater relief against the gray, sordid backdrop of the new Russia. Once again Kaminsky approaches his subject by indirection, combining investigations of murder, computer thievery, and the underground youth culture with a believable plot to assassinate Gorbachev and reverse the tide of political change swirling about the nearly defunct Soviet Union. For mystery fans interested in those changes, it's almost as good as being there." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)