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The Dog Who Bit a Policeman

de Stuart M. Kaminsky

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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… (mais)
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Though slower starting than other books in the series, this did finally pick up and I enjoyed the rest of the story. The investigation of dog-fighting included descriptions of the fights, which bothered me even though they were not particularly graphic. Worth reading, but it's best if you've read previous entries in the series. ( )
  fuzzi | Jul 15, 2022 |
The contemplative, unhurried narration of Stuart Kaminsky's Inspector Rostnikov series has an undeniable appeal. It moves you, it saddens you (in the circumstances of this series, set first in Soviet Moscow and then in Moscow post-Soviet time), it makes you look life directly in the face, makes you wiser, and you don't want to put the book down. Kaminsky manages to describe even the gruesome details of crimes in a way that doesn't turn you off. But most of all, his characters are so well defined and real, that I even forgive him the unintentional (or intentional?) mess up with a number of Russian names...

Kaminsky passed away in 2009 (he is very missed!), having written 16 Inspector Rostnikov novels, set in Moscow, 15 of which I have read - having devoured them with extreme satisfaction that a good book gives, as well as other sets of novels which I am yet to explore. ( )
1 vote Clara53 | Sep 4, 2020 |
Though slower starting than other books in the series, this did finally pick up and I enjoyed the rest of the story. The investigation of dog-fighting included descriptions of the fights, which bothered me even though they were not particularly graphic. Worth reading, but it's best if you've read previous entries in the series. ( )
  fuzzi | May 13, 2018 |
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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

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