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Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov, once celebrated for his sharp investigative mind, struggles to protect his reputation as he probes a series of inexplicable falls among performers of a Moscow circus. Facing the intricacies of a culture still under Soviet influence, Rostnikov and his modest team of detectives must outmaneuver the KGB and solve the perplexing case before mystery turns into tragedy.
First publish date: 1987
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Stuart M. Kaminsky
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