Blood and Rubles, Stuart M. Kaminsky
Blood and Rubles, Stuart M. Kaminsky
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Blood and Rubles

Author: Stuart M. Kaminsky

Narrator: Stuart M. Kaminsky

Unabridged: 9 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/24/2021

Synopsis

In an era of financial free-for-all in Russia, a Moscow cop deals with rampant crime in a "terrific" and "exceptional" police drama (Detroit Free Press).

It's the mid-nineties, and capitalism and privatization have come to Russia. As the trickle of cash turns to a torrent, bureaucrats become oligarchs, and the brutal Russian mafia is on the rise. Newfound democracy has not reduced the crime rate, and Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov, a forty-year veteran of the Moscow police department, and his colleagues have their hands full.

A prominent businessman is kidnapped in broad daylight. Three children—as innocent looking as they are savage—terrorize a slum. And a house full of Czarist treasures is raided by tax police—only to have every piece vanish the following day.

As criminals at all levels rush to exploit a system in confusion, "Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov is a rarity among policemen: shrewd, utterly incorruptible and destined to survive each complex political shift" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

About Stuart M. Kaminsky

Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934-2009) was one of the most prolific crime fiction authors of the last four decades. Born in Chicago, he spent his youth immersed in pulp fiction and classic cinema-two forms of popular entertainment which he would make his life's work. After college and a stint in the army, Kaminsky wrote film criticism and biographies of the great actors and directors of Hollywood's Golden Age. In 1977, when a planned biography of Charlton Heston fell through, Kaminsky wrote Bullet for a Star, his first Toby Peters novel, beginning a fiction career that would last the rest of his life.

Kaminsky penned twenty-four novels starring the detective, whom he described as "the anti-Philip Marlowe." In 1981's Death of a Dissident, Kaminsky debuted Moscow police detective Porfiry Rostnikov, whose stories were praised for their accurate depiction of Soviet life. His other two series starred Abe Lieberman, a hardened Chicago cop, and Lew Fonseca, a process server. In all, Kaminsky wrote more than sixty novels. He died in St. Louis in 2009.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pam on May 16, 2023

Capitalism has invaded the new Russia (just before Putin). Brutal crimes are the order of the day. It’s up to Porfiry Rostnikov and his police crew to do what they can to make life a little more tolerable for beleaguered Muskovites. It’s obviously hopeless but there are a few good men and women left......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen on April 05, 2022

This was my 4th Rostnikov, and probably my last. Great characters and settings, but I am weary of the 2-3 independent plot lines, as our police team members go in separate directions. I may trudge onward to see what happens next to Sasha, Emil, and Elena.......more

Goodreads review by Mal on March 12, 2024

CRIME AND CORRUPTION IN BORIS YELTSIN'S RUSSIA Over the three-decade period from 1981 to 2009, American crime novelist Stuart Kaminsky wrote a series of sixteen police procedurals that reflected the shifting reality in Russian society. During that time, the Soviet Union, and later the Russian Republi......more

Goodreads review by Kris on February 11, 2024

It's a crime novel, yes. But is it a mystery? Rostnikov and his crew are sent out to investigate a number of crimes: the theft of a huge collection of antiquities, the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman, a shootout between rival mafias, a drunk man beaten and killed by... children? In almost every......more

Goodreads review by Willie on September 30, 2020

Karoo and the American In this story, we get a longer look at Emil Karpo, and a visiting FBI agent. Plus you get to see the failure of the Russian legal system. As always, we get to enjoy Porfiry’s plight.......more

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