Order of Inspector Rostnikov Books

Order of Inspector Rostnikov Books

Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov by Stuart M Kaminsky

Inspector Rostnikov is a series of crime fiction/mystery novels by American novelist Stuart Kaminsky. Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov is a police investigator who plies his trade in Moscow, Russia.

Stuart M. Kaminsky began his Inspector Rostnikov series in 1981 with Rostnikov’s Corpse (also known as Death of a Dissident). The series lasted 16 novels, concluding with 2010’s A Whisper to the Living. Below is a list of Stuart M. Kaminsky’s Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov books in order of when they were first released (which is also their chronological order):

Publication Order of Porfiry Rostnikov Books

Death of a Dissident / Rostnikov’s Corpse

(1981)

Black Knight in Red Square

(1984)

Red Chameleon

(1985)

A Cold Red Sunrise

(1987)

A Fine Red Rain

(1987)

The Man Who Walked Like a Bear

(1990)

Rostnikov’s Vacation

(1991)

Death of a Russian Priest

(1992)

Hard Currency

(1995)

Blood and Rubles

(1996)

Tarnished Icons

(1997)

The Dog Who Bit a Policeman

(1998)

Fall of a Cosmonaut

(2000)

Murder on the Trans-Siberian Express

(2001)

People Who Walk in Darkness

(2008)

A Whisper to the Living

(2009)

Notes: Rostnikov’s Corpse was also published under the title Death of a Dissident.