Russian Detective

After a lifetime in service to the Soviet Union, police inspector Porfiry Rostnikov may have found a way out. A high-profile homicide leads him to a cache of documents packed full of incriminating Kremlin gossip, which he uses as a bargaining chip to secure exit visas for himself and his Jewish wife. But just before the deal is concluded, Brezhnev's death sends the nation into turmoil, and makes escape impossible. His career derailed, the veteran cop is reduced to investigating penny-ante murders - one of which may lead somewhere very big indeed.

Aleksander Granovsky has dedicated his life to exposing the brutality of the Russian penal system. In two days, he will be tried for the crime of smuggling essays to the West. It is a show trial, and there is no doubt he will be convicted and executed, yet before he dies, he intends to tell the truth one more time. But this is Moscow, where death is never heroic. While writing his final speech in his government flat, Granovsky is surprised by an assassin, who pierces his heart with the point of a rusty scythe.

On a fittingly cold night in the last year of the 19th century, Holmes’ evening is shattered by the intrusion of a Russian diplomat and his entourage, who come bursting into 221B Baker Street, and he soon finds himself pursuing a case of a young lady’s abduction, a crime which must be kept quiet lest its ramifications threaten to take two of the major powers of Europe to the brink of a potentially volatile international crisis. Told not through the pen of Doctor Watson, but from within Holmes’ own mind as the time-sensitive investigation unfolds, The Case of the Russian Ambassador’s...

Praise for Pattaya Heat: "IF YOU ENJOY OLD DETECTIVE STORIES, YOU'LL ENJOY THIS." "EXCELLENT BOOK AND A GREAT NEW DETECTIVE!" Welcome to Pattaya City, Thailand. This piss-poor paradise makes Las Vegas look like a PG-13 Disney movie. Pattaya is where Richy Sky has landed for a premature mid-life crisis. This is not where he wants to be, scraping by taking small-time PI jobs, mostly infidelity investigations. The fun, if you could call it that, can't last forever, and now Richy sees a way out -- a new job, one that pays very well. All he has to do is find a missing antique watch that's worth ...

Vodka Express takes readers on a visceral journey into the raw and fractured heart of Saint Petersburg—a city where faded imperial grandeur clashes violently with the brutal realities of its present, where the mean streets hold life cheaper than a bottle of vodka. Amidst this stark duality, Inspectors Dmitri Petrov and Manislov Illich forge an unlikely yet formidable partnership. Petrov, a master of subtle observation in a world quick to resort to force, must navigate this treacherous urban landscape like a deadly chess match. Alongside him stands his imposing partner, Manislov Illich, a ...

An Afro-Russian KGB agent returns to his forefathers' homeland — Chicago — to track down a Russian dissident prepared to unleash the ultimate doomsday device. Dissatisfied by the results of the Post World War I Civil Rights movement, angry African-Americans immigrated to the Soviet Union in the 1930's, for the promise of equality under Communism. Colonel Damian Turner, a native Afro-Russian KGB agent, returns to Chicago, the former home of his grandfather, as part of a worldwide manhunt for one of his nation's highest ranking officers, Marshall Victor Craig. Craig, infuriated at the ...

She’s lost a friend. He’s lost his sight. Can this unlikely duo solve an untouchable murder? College student Alexandra Neve never backs down from a challenge. So when her BFF Irina dies of an apparent suicide, she channels her grief into cracking the case police refuse to touch. After discovering a mysterious list of Russian names in her friend’s room, Neve’s attempts to retrace Irina’s steps nabs her an unexpected crime-solving partner. With the help of her blind history professor Ashford Egan, Neve connects the suspicious death to a recent London murder. But as the Russian mafia...

All chess games end in a murder... It's 1920, the murders of a trade unionist, a knight and a bishop shock Britain. The finger of blame seems to point to Russia. As the body count rises, Kit Aston plays a deadly game of chess with a Russian grandmaster where checkmate is a matter of life or death. The latest Kit Aston whodunnit is a gripping historical crime thriller, full of twists and hilarious one liners which fuses classic murder mystery with a spy novel. The Kit Aston mysteries mix real life historical characters and events with crime thrillers full of red herrings. No books are the ...

The first anniversary of their wedding was a cause for celebration for Lord and Lady Sinclair and a ball was being held at the family manse in Scotland at Loch Eden. What should have been a happy celebration of their first year became a nightmare when a masked intruder entered the ballroom and shot James, Lord Sinclair, leaving him badly wounded. As he lay recuperating his wife Danni and his PI partner Jim Ashton and their friend DCI Andrews took up the investigation. Danni, a dancer, now became a detective for the first time.

"Эхо чужих грехов" – четвертый роман Марты Таро из увлекательного цикла "Галантный детектив", в котором карты Таро предлагают читателям новую загадку, жанр исторический детектив. 1811 год. В тихой жизни богатой южнорусской губернии одна за другой происходят настоящие драмы. Подозрительные смерти в богатейшей семье края насторожили генерал-губернатора. Надо бы разобраться – такое задание получает поручик Щеглов.

"Игры скорпионов" - шестой роман Марты Таро увлекательного цикла "Галантный детектив". В судьбоносном раскладе карт Таро открывается новая карта, предлагая пытливому читателю еще одну загадку. 1813 год.

Galina Dombrosky was as patriotic as apple pie. An unexpected assignment drops her in St. Petersburg, Russia because of her Russian heritage. Beauty surrounds her, creating a longing for a land she doesn’t know – as well as an overwhelming attraction to the man she has been sent to spy upon, Nik. Nikodim ‘Nik’ Petrov is the most normal billionaire that she’s ever met (not that she has met many!) and completely down to earth. He is caring, friendly, and devastatingly handsome – which makes her wonder if the CIA has the hacker idententified correctly after all? When secrets are ...

Welcome to the Gulch... funny things happen in the middle of nowhere. Butterscotch Jones thought that living in the far north provided enough peril to contend with until a private plane crashed outside her hometown of McIntyre's Gulch, Manitoba, Canada. The treasure inside the plane soon attracted both the RCMP and the Russian Mafia. For a town built upon isolation and secrecy, the citizens faced very public exposure. "A light, fun read with an eccentric cast of characters who bring the village of MacIntyre's Gulch to delightful life." —Lisa Cach, author of "Wake Unto Me" McIntyre’s ...

The Moscow Film Festival is in town, and the elite artists of the East and West have convened at the legendary Metropole Hotel to drink, gossip, and flirt. But the party is about to come crashing down. Four men - one American, one Japanese, and two Russians - will all be dead by morning, poisoned. To keep the killings under wraps, the Kremlin hands the investigation over to the famously discreet police investigator Porfiry Rostnikov.

Серьги с алмазными бантами - пятый роман Марты Таро увлекательного цикла Галантный детектив. В судьбоносном раскладе карт Таро открывается новая карта, предлагая пытливому читателю еще одну загадку.

"The twists keep coming. I was gripped right through to the thrilling end." Amanda@Chocolate_Pages "An excellent thriller which moves at a great pace." An internet service connects wealthy Floridian retirees to beautiful Russian women. Everyone seems happy - until the retirees start dying, A mass grave is excavated in Collier State Park, revealing the bodies of newborn babies - each unspeakably mutilated. Detective Sammy Greyfox from the Sheriff's office in Naples, Florida, becomes involved in both investigations as she unravels a deadly tangled web of chilling evil which will haunt her ...

Два отчаянных искателя приключений - Томми и Таппенс, испытывающие нехватку денег и жаждущие острых ощущений, затевают смелый бизнес – открывают компанию "Молодые авантюристы с весьма ограниченной ответственностью". В их объявлении говорится, что они "готовы за приличное вознаграждение заняться чем угодно и отправиться куда угодно". Но уже самое первое задание, полученное ими от зловещего мистера Виттингтона – подвергает их большей опасности, чем они могли себе представить.

"Кинжал с мальтийским крестом" - третий роман Марты Таро из увлекательного цикла "Галантный детектив", в котором карты Таро предлагают читателям новую загадку, жанр исторический детектив. Графиня Любовь Чернышева обожает музыку и поэзию, а ещё она искренне верит в прекрасную сущность людей. Подражая Татьяне Лариной, она пишет любовное послание князю Александру Шварценбергу, вот только признание застает её избранника врасплох.

How do you solve a murder when you don’t know what weapon was used or have a motive or witness? Solving the case of the death of the best sourdough bread baker in the state gets even more difficult when Anchorage Detective Arlie Biggar gets ‘help’ from the victim’s friends... and an adorable bear cub! Come to summertime Alaska and discover some incredible new electronic gadgets developed by Arlie to help the good guys catch the murderer and counterfeiter... and find out if they’re the same person! Brain-tickling, thoughtful yet humorous excitement! Excerpts: “I wonder why he’s...

Amidst the crumbling facades of a once vibrant city, the line between hunter and hunted blurs as private detective Johnny Walker plunges into a deadly game. Hired by a distraught Russian oligarch whose youngest daughter has vanished, Johnny soon discovers that the missing girl is merely a pawn in a much larger conspiracy. Her two stunning sisters, entwined in a web of family lies and secrets, become instrumental in unraveling a plot that stretches far beyond Portland's borders. Meanwhile, Detective Sandy Jenkins, Johnny's girlfriend, wages a relentless war against the city's escalating ...