by Boris Akunin · Editorial Presença · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722334891
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«A Rainha do Inverno» is the historical mystery novel by Boris Akunin, published by Editorial Presença in paperback (224 pages, in Portuguese).
In 1876, a young student commits suicide in a public place in Moscow. The case seems minor until it is discovered that the boy was the son of a wealthy industrialist and stood to inherit a large fortune. Detective Erast Fandorin takes charge and finds that the suicide is only the tip of the iceberg: a conspiracy that reaches London and has global scope.
First instalment of the series featuring Erast Fandorin; the Russian original is titled «Азазель» and was published in 1998. The work was nominated for the CWA Silver Dagger in 2003.
For fans of historical mystery and crimes set in nineteenth-century Russia.
Grigori Chkhartishvili, better known by his pen name Boris Akunin, is a Georgian and Russian writer residing in the United Kingdom. He is best known as a writer of historical fiction, specifically his Erast Fandorin detective novels. He is also an essayist and literary translator. Grigory Chkhartishvili has also written under pen names Anatoly Brusnikin, Anna Borisova, and Akunin-Chkhartishvili. His characters include Erast Fandorin, Nicholas Fandorin and Sister Pelagia.
