The Dog Who Bit a Policeman, Stuart M. Kaminsky
The Dog Who Bit a Policeman, Stuart M. Kaminsky
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The Dog Who Bit a Policeman

Author: Stuart M. Kaminsky

Narrator: Stuart M. Kaminsky

Unabridged: 10 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/14/2021


Synopsis

Moscow's gone to the dogs in the "imaginative" Edgar Award–winning crime series about a conscientious Russian cop (The New York Times Book Review).

With packs of stray wild canines roaming Moscow, it was inevitable that enterprising criminals would find a way to get rich. As dogfighting became big business, the Mafia got involved, and venues upgraded from alleys and garages to private arenas with padded seats. Police Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov has assigned Sasha Tkach and Elena Timofeyeva to go undercover and bust up a dogfighting ring. But the only ones more vicious than the dogs are the ones who profit from them.

Speaking of fighting in the streets, an international drug cartel has chosen Moscow as its next port of call. One man stands in their way—a young Russian mobster whose brutality is matched only by his madness. In a gang war of this magnitude, no civilian is safe. It's up to Rostnikov and the Office of Special Investigation to prevent a full-scale bloodbath.

"As usual, Kaminsky manages to make the postlapsarian fracas strangely engrossing. His major characters are vivid and varied . . . Good storytelling in yet another of a distinguished series." —Kirkus Reviews

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 Larry on April 11, 2025

Just completed, The Dog Who Bit The Policeman, the best I’ve yet read in series. My 1st read according to my Kindle library, which contains 6 in the series? This obviously is ignoring a distinct recollection of having read at least one in paperback form- sometime in the prior century. Chief Inspecto......more

Goodreads review by Mary on January 12, 2009

This was one of the first Rostnikov mysteries I read. It took me awhile to get into it, as you have to get used to the names. I confess I'm not good with names and that makes this series one where I have to pay more attention to the details. But oh, the pictures Kaminsky paints! The atmosphere in th......more

Goodreads review by Kris on March 19, 2024

Probably my favorite of this series so far. Good, strong mysteries, but also some pretty heavy character development. There are still some issues with the author's grasp of Russian language, names, etc. (for example, Zelach's first name is probably Arkady - which is a real Russian name, not Akrady o......more

Goodreads review by Willie on July 18, 2021

It seems to me that Kaminsky gets better as this series moves forward. The added characters, along with the old cast, continue to fight crime and attempt justice in a very flawed system. And Porfiry Petrovich continues to be the guiding light.......more

Goodreads review by Sherry on June 03, 2019

love all books about Profiry Rostnkiov!!......more