by Boris Akunin · India Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780753817599
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«The Winter Queen» is the historical mystery novel by Boris Akunin, published by India Penguin Classics in paperback (256 pages, in English).
In Moscow in 1876, a young law student from a wealthy family takes his own life in the Alexander Gardens. Erast Fandorin, newly assigned to the Criminal Investigation Department, does not believe it is an ordinary suicide. Between the mansions of Moscow and the underworld of London, his inquiries uncover an international conspiracy.
«The Winter Queen» is the first instalment of the Erast Fandorin series. The novel was shortlisted for the CWA Silver Dagger award in 2003. The original title of the novel is «Азазель».
A good choice for readers of historical crime fiction and fans of classic detectives.
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.
