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At an icebound naval weather station in far Siberia, the young daughter of an exile dies under suspicious circumstances. The high-ranking Commissar sent to investigate the mystery suffers a similar fatemurdered by an icicle thrust into his skull. Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov is dispatched to solve the Commissars murder, with one strange caveat: he is not to investigate the girls death, even if all the clues tell him that the two cases are linked.

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'Impressive - Kaminsky has staked a claim to a piece of the Russian turf - He captures the Russian scene and character in rich detail' The Washington Post Book World 'As always, Kaminsky provides a colourful, tightly written mystery (he doesn't waste a word) filled with twists, countertwists and a surprise ending that is plausible and clever' Chicago Tribune

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Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934-2009) was one of the most prolific crime fiction authors of the last four decades. Born in Chicago, Kaminsky penned more than sixty novels over his lifetime. In 1981s Death of a Dissident, Kaminsky debuted Moscow police detective Porfiry Rostnikov, whose stories were praised for their accurate depiction of Soviet life. He died in St. Louis in 2009.

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