Order of Inspector Rostnikov Books
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.