A COLD RED SUNRISE; An Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov Mystery / Stuart M. Kaminsky

New York London Tokyo: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4"), light blue quarter cloth boards with gold lettering on spine over blue boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a snowy Siberian settlement by Dana Verkouteren, [x] + 210 pages. At a naval weather station in wintry Siberia, the daughter of an exiled dissident dies suspiciously. The high-ranking Commissar sent to investigate the mystery is murdered by an icicle thrust into his eye.<br /> <br /> Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov is sent to solve the Commissar's murder but mysteriously not that of the daughter. Someone with links to the KGB doesn't want this mystery solved.<br /> <br /> Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934 - 2009) was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is well known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private detective in 1940s Hollywood (1977-1996)--as here in Buried Caesars; Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, a Moscow police inspector (1981-2010); and veteran Chicago police officer Abe Lieberman (1990-2007).<br /> <br /> EDGAR Best Mystery-winning Kaminsky thriller featuring Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov as a character.<br /> <br /> FINE Copy: Tight, clean, without marks. Slight wear to the bright Near Fine dust jacket (unclipped). No previous owner or remainder marks.