People Who Walk In Darkness: An Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov Mystery: 15 (Inspector Rostnikov 15)

After a very long absence Forge is delighted to be bringing back one of Edgar-Award winning Stuart Kaminskys best loved characters Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov. Rostnikov is a Russian bear of a man an honest policeman in a very dishonest post-Soviet Russia. Known as The Washtub 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. Surviving pogroms and politburos he has solved crimes mostly in spite of the powers that rule his world. . In People Who Walk in Darkness Rostnikov travels to Siberia to investigate a murder at a diamond mine where he discovers an old secret…and an even older personal problem. His compatriots head to Kiev on a trail of smuggled diamonds and kidnapped guest workers and what they discover leads them to a vast conspiracy that not only has international repercussions but threatens them on a very personal level.. People Who Walk in Darkness is a fast-paced novel of modern Russia told by one of mysterys finest storytellers.