description: When Inspector Rostnikov arrives in the town of Arkush with Emil Karpo, the policeman nicknamed "the Vampire," he finds a community stunned by the murder of the outspoken Father Merhum. But it is the priest's cryptic last words that make Rostnikov wonder if this was indeed a political assassination or a murder with a motive closer to home.Meanwhile, in Moscow, Rostnikov's other associates are deep into the hunt for an Arab girl everyone wants but no one can find. Handsome Sasha Tkach and his new partner, Elena Timofeyeva, plunge into the seedy world of Moscow night life, following the cold trail of the missing girl and the bloody tracks of a cunning killer . . . . "The Ed McBain of Mother Russia."  Kirkus Reviews
title: Death of a Russian Priest
titlecomplete: Death of a Russian Priest (Recorded Books)
characters: Porfiry Rostnikov
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Russia
ratings_count: 385
series: Porfiry Rostnikov
publisher: ISIS Publishing