books by Akunin Boris.

books by Akunin Boris.

books:

Akunin Boris.

Special Assignments: The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin (Erast Fandorin Mysteries)

Boris Akunin

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008

The Jack of Spades and Jack (Ivan) the Ripper
Knowing that I love a good mystery and enjoy all things Russian, a friend gave me Special Assignments: The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin by Boris Akunin for my birthday. This book is one of the most original and creative mysteries that I have read. Special ...

Murder on the Leviathan: A Novel

Boris Akunin

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005

The shipping news
It is 1878 and Police commissioner Gauche has a major murder case, possibly the murder of the century, on his hands. Eleven people are dead, ten of them poisoned in the pantry, plus Lord Littleby, killed upstairs by some blunt instrument. Littleby has one small piece ...

The Winter Queen: A Novel (An Erast Fandorin Mystery)

Boris Akunin

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004

All the little children
In Germany it was student duelling - with sabres, as Mark Twain so vividly described. In late 19 century Russia it was suicide, sometimes performed in bizarre ways - one loaded chamber in a revolver [the reference to "American Roulette" is delicious]. In this case, ...

The Death of Achilles: A Novel (Erast Fandorin Mystery)

Boris Akunin

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006

The Assessor confronts the Assassin
Erast Fandorin's return to Moscow is marred by the death of his war-hero friend, The White General - Mikhail Sobolev. Although the apparent cause is an unexpected heart-attack, Fandorin, exercising his unusual observation skills suspects foul play. As he investigates ...

Gambito Turco

Boris Akunin

Salamandra, 2002

A good book
This book, I wonder if it's translated into english - I've read it in Polish, is really good. It's a piece of a detective literature, which is good for anybody, not only people keen on that particular type of novels. It has good romantic plot, clever solution. Although ...

Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog

Boris Akunin

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007

A female Fr. Brown
In the midst of writing mysteries about detective Erast Fandorin, the author has also begun a new series. This one concerns a nun named Sister Pelagia, who is sent out by her Bishop to help solve mysteries and murders in a backward province of Imperial Russia. The ...

The Turkish Gambit (Erast Fandorin Mysteries)

Boris Akunin

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006

Who is tricking whom?
"Gambit", literally "tricking somebody" is usually applied to military operations or chess strategies. In order to achieve the ultimate win some losses have to be accepted along the way. Both contexts fit here beautifully. Boris Akunin, Russian pen name of Georgian ...

Sister Pelagia and the Black Monk: A Novel (Mortalis)

Boris Akunin

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008

Move Over Umberto Eco and Make Room for Boris Akunin
Boris Akunin first made a name for himself in the West with his Erast Fandorin series of detective novels set in 19th century Russia. He has shelved Fandorin for Sister Pelagia, a young nun stationed in a provincial Russia capital who serves the Bishop Mitrofanii. ...

The State Counsellor: Further Adventures of Fandorin (Erast Fandorin 6)
Boris Akunin

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008

Azazel
Akunin Boris.

Zaharov (M.), 2006

Pelagia and the Black Monk (Sister Pelagia Mystery)

Boris Akunin

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007

VERY clever! The strongest Pelegia mystery so far
As a fan of Akunin's Erast Fandorin mysteries and impatient for the next installment to be translated, I've begun reading the Pelegia mysteries. The first, _Pellegia and the White Bulldog_ was good, but not great. _Pelegia and the Black Monk_ is much better: it is ...

THE TURKISH GAMBIT
BORIS AKUNIN

BOOKS ON TAP, 2005

Leviathan

Boris Akunin

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004

A change of pace
In this episode we have Fandorin on board an ocean liner. A mystery more on the lines of Agatha Christie.