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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 ...
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The Winter Queen: A Novel (Erast Fandorin Mysteries)
Boris Akunin
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004
Fine genre novel
A cut above the usual mystery genre fare. Erast Fandorin is an interesting character, and his character is more important than the plot. Although there is plenty of action, the real appeal of the book is in untangling the mystery. I look forward to reading another ...
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Special Assignments: The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin (Erast Fandorin Mysteries)
Boris Akunin
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008
wow!
i'm a big fan of the fandorin stories, and these two were incredible! the first one was playful and clever- it was nice to see that our unflappable hero can be outdone now and again. but the second one blew me away- i was not expecting the ending. it was hard to ...
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The Death of Achilles: A Novel (Erast Fandorin Mystery)
Boris Akunin
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006
Delicious
A remarkable series to say the least , with an incredible backdrop of Russia towards the end of the period of the Tsars. The one thought which crossed my mind when I put down the novel was , just where was Boris Akunin all this while. Erast Fandorin , a 24 carat hero, ...
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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 ...
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Murder on the Leviathan: A Novel
Boris Akunin
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005
A whale of a tale!
Inspector Gustave Gauche has a great dream. He wants a promotion to superintendent, and a second-class pension, which will be a vast improvement over his current third-class ranking. He expects to fulfill this dream by solving "the crime of the century". That is the ...
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Sister Pelagia and the Black Monk: A Novel (Mortalis)
Boris Akunin
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008
Excellent historical amateur sleuth (
In the late nineteenth century in Zavolzhsk, Russia late at night a terrorized monk arrives at the abode of Bishop Mitrofanii shouting and weeping simultaneously as he struggles to explain that something has gone terribly wrong at the Hermitage. The Bishop seeing his ...
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THE TURKISH GAMBIT
BORIS AKUNIN
BOOKS ON TAP, 2005
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The State Counsellor: Further Adventures of Fandorin (Erast Fandorin 6)
Boris Akunin
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008
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Smert' na brudershaft
Boris Akunin
AST, Moscow, 2008
Brand new. In stock. ''Smert' na brudershaft'' - nazvanie tsikla iz 10 povestei v eksperimental'nom zhanre ''Roman-kino'', prizvannom sovmestit' literaturnyi tekst s vizual'nost'iu kinematografa. V etu knigu vkhodiat dve pervykh ''fil'my'' tsikla, v kotorykh opisano nachalo dramaticheskogo protivostoianiia rossiiskoi i germanskoi razvedok v Pervoi ...
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Smert na brudershaft
Boris Akunin
AST, Moscow, 2008
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Pelagia and the White Bulldog (EXP/AIR)
Boris Akunin
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006
What a lovely old fashioned mystery
So pretty. I have started it recently and although I am not done yet, it promises to be a Miss Marple like book. The little "walking disiter" sister - too lively and curious to be a nun- invokes Sound Of Music somehow.
I am enjoying the book. Will write a review ...
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Azazel
Akunin Boris.
Zaharov (M.), 2006
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Special Assignments: The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin
B. (Boris) Akunin
George Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2007
Best Book in Series
"Special Assignments" consists of two novellas featuring the dashing detective Erast Fandorina and his homely assistant Anissi Tulipov. The first novella is set in 1886. Through sheer brilliance, Erast Fandorin has risen to the post of Deputy for Special Assignments. ...
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Almaznaja kolesnica. Der Diamantwagen/ 2Bd.
Boris Akunin
Kurier der Zarin, 2004
as usual
This is an excellent book, as usual by B. Akunin
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