{"product_id":"9781453266335","title":"Blood and Rubles","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn an era of financial free-for-all in Russia, a Moscow cop deals with rampant crime in a “terrific” and “exceptional” police drama (\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e It’s the mid-nineties, and capitalism and privatization have come to Russia. As the trickle of cash turns to a torrent, bureaucrats become oligarchs, and the brutal Russian mafia is on the rise. Newfound democracy has not reduced the crime rate, and Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov, a forty-year veteran of the Moscow police department, and his colleagues have their hands full.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A prominent businessman is kidnapped in broad daylight. Three children—as innocent looking as they are savage—terrorize a slum. And a house full of Czarist treasures is raided by tax police—only to have every piece vanish the following day.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e As criminals at all levels rush to exploit a system in confusion, “Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov is a rarity among policemen: shrewd, utterly incorruptible and destined to survive each complex political shift” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).","brand":"MysteriousPress.com\/Open Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140837261552,"sku":"9781453266335","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453266335_p0.jpg?v=1763849660","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453266335","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}