"Kaminsky gets Russia right, and Cuba right, but best of all he gets his superb cop Rostnikov altogether right yet another time. Bravo!" â??Ed McBain
The Soviet Union is dead, and Russian society has been fractured into a thousand pieces. Through those cracks seeps the first serial killer in the country's history, whose exploits send Moscow into a frenzy. As his colleagues hunt for the pipe-wielding maniac who's killed forty women so far, police inspector Porfiry Rostnikov must depart for Havana to avoid an international incident.
First, Rostnikov must confront his fear of flyingâ??or more specifically, flying on Russian airplanes. Assuming he lands safely in Havana, this case will require the utmost diplomacy. A Russian politician is accused of murdering a young Cuban woman. Rostnikov's superiors want things wrapped up cleanly and quickly. Unfortunately, their man in Havana is about to discover there is nothing simple about this murder.
"In a style reminiscent of Martin Cruz Smith in Gorky Park, Kaminsky effectively transplants the police procedural to the fertile ground of 'democratic' Russia, where it blossoms anew . . . An excellent novel." â??Booklist… (más)
In this ninth book of the Rostnikov detective series we find The Washtub enroute to Cuba with Elena Timofeyeva, a new addition to the team. Their assignment is to confirm the guilt of a Russian citizen who has been accused of murder. Meanwhile, Karpo and Tkach are investigating what appears to be another installment in a series of grisly killings.
The settings in both Cuba and Russia feel authentic, and I like how the author does not adhere to two-dimensional characters, but has them grow, adapt, and change. I enjoyed this installment and look forward to reading the next book. ( )
Apart from the infallible appeal of Inspector Rostnikov series, this book reveals unsettling truth of Cuba coming to terms with the emerging democratic Russia (as Rostnikov goes on assignment to Cuba). ( )
Two Cubans lost in the jungle were kidnapped and tied to stakes while their native captors circled them ashouting, "Ocha, Una, Ocha, Una." Suddenly the native leader approached the first Cuban and shouted, "Ocha, Una?" "Ocha," the Cuban guessed, and the entire tribe raped him. Then the native leader turned to the second Cuban and shouted, "Ocha, Una?" "Una," said the second Cuban. "Good," said one of the natives. "First Ocha, Then, Una." --- A joke currently popular in Havana
Iliana Ivanova adjusted her backpack, looked down Rusakovskaya Street, and went over her plan for robbing the bald-headed businessman who waited next to her for the bus.
"Kaminsky gets Russia right, and Cuba right, but best of all he gets his superb cop Rostnikov altogether right yet another time. Bravo!" â??Ed McBain
The Soviet Union is dead, and Russian society has been fractured into a thousand pieces. Through those cracks seeps the first serial killer in the country's history, whose exploits send Moscow into a frenzy. As his colleagues hunt for the pipe-wielding maniac who's killed forty women so far, police inspector Porfiry Rostnikov must depart for Havana to avoid an international incident.
First, Rostnikov must confront his fear of flyingâ??or more specifically, flying on Russian airplanes. Assuming he lands safely in Havana, this case will require the utmost diplomacy. A Russian politician is accused of murdering a young Cuban woman. Rostnikov's superiors want things wrapped up cleanly and quickly. Unfortunately, their man in Havana is about to discover there is nothing simple about this murder.
"In a style reminiscent of Martin Cruz Smith in Gorky Park, Kaminsky effectively transplants the police procedural to the fertile ground of 'democratic' Russia, where it blossoms anew . . . An excellent novel." â??Booklist
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The settings in both Cuba and Russia feel authentic, and I like how the author does not adhere to two-dimensional characters, but has them grow, adapt, and change. I enjoyed this installment and look forward to reading the next book. (