num_pages: 223
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, Rostnikov's other associates plunge into the seedy world of Moscow night life, following the cold trail of a missing girl and the bloody tracks of a cunning killer....From the Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Death of a Russian Priest
titlecomplete: Death of a Russian Priest
characters: Porfiry Rostnikov
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Russia
ratings_count: 385
series: Porfiry Rostnikov
publisher: Ballantine Books