Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934-2009) was one of the most prolific crime fiction authors of the last four decades. He wrote twenty-four novels starring the detective Toby Peters, whom he described as "the anti-Philip Marlowe." In 1981's Death of a Dissident, he debuted Moscow police detective Porfiry Rostnikov, whose stories were praised for their accurate depiction of Soviet life. His other two series starred Abe Lieberman, a hardened Chicago cop, and Lew Fonesca, a process server.
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Life has been strange ever since Toby Peters got a call from Salvador Dalí’s wife. Peters was happy to look into the theft of three of Dalí’s paintings, but he had no idea the investigation might end with his face being literally turned into... SEE MORE