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Russian crime fiction
is mostly unknown in the West. Have you ever heard of Alexandra Marinina who
may have sold almost as many books as Agatha Christie? Unfortunately, very few Russian
crime fiction writers have been
translated into English. One of the few is contemporary author
Boris Akunin
(a pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili, who perhaps used it as a reminiscence to
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, the well known Russian anarchist).
Akunin's hero is the
good-looking
Erast Fandorin - a mixture of Sherlock Holmes, Maigret, Hercule Poirot and James Bond, but with a mysterious Russian soul. He
investigates in Czarist Russia, surrounded by decadent aristocrats, violent
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Boris Akunin (2008)
Special Assignments: The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin.
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Erast Fandorinh, a nineteenth-century sleuth in Russia, is hunting a swindler and a serial killer. The cast is populated by eccentric characters and superbly twists through the underworld of Czarist Russia. Well crafted literature - both entertaining and thrilling. More...
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Boris Akunin (2006)
The Death of Achilles.
Random House
Special agent "Petrovich Fandorin", a Russian version of Sherlock Holmes, not only speaks Japanese and English, but is also a martial arts fighter and lady-killer in a historical plot set in 1882. Time Magazine compares best-selling author Boris Akunin with Gogol and Chekhov. More...
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Boris Akunin (2006)
Pelagia And The White Bulldog: The First Sister Pelagia Mystery.
ORNUK
Unlike Akunin's Erast Fandorin series, this book features nun Pelagia solving crimes in rural Czarist Russia. Her investigation of the initial crime, the killing of white bulldogs, is just the first step into the labyrinth of this story. More...
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Boris Akunin (2005)
Murder on the Leviathan.
Random House
19th-century Russian sleuth Erast Fandorin investigates undercover on the luxurious steamship Leviathan en route to India from England in 1878. While the setting may be conventional Agatha Christie style (all suspects gathered in a secluded place), there is nothing conventional about Akunin's characters, which all have their own history, style and voice. More...
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Boris Akunin (2005)
The Turkish Gambit.
Random House
In the chaos of a military conflict between Czarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire Special Agent Fandorin investigates a suspicious colonel in Bucharest. Don't read this book if you like straight plots! The Turkish Gambit contains everything - from politics in 1877 to suffragettes, harems, courtesans, deadly duels, suicides, combat action, numerous quirky characters and a dramatic climax. More...
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Boris Akunin (2004)
Winter Queen.
Random House
A historical conspiracy, set in Czarist Russia. The hero is the somewhat naive, but good-looking Police Detective Fandorin, who investigates the suicide of a student and finds much more than he expected. If you like linear action thrillers with short sentences, forget this book! But if you savor elaborate, intricate plots, historical atmosphere, unique characters, bizarre plot twists, deception and disguise, read the "Winter
Queen". More...
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