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

Akunin, Boris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812968778 ISBN 13: 9780812968774

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004

Synopsis

Moscow, May 1876. What would cause a talented student from a wealthy family to shoot himself in front of a promenading public? Decadence and boredom, it is presumed. But young sleuth Erast Fandorin is not satisfied with the conclusion that this death is an open-and-shut case, nor with the preliminary detective work the precinct has done–and for good reason: The bizarre and tragic suicide is soon connected to a clear case of murder, witnessed firsthand by Fandorin himself. Relying on his keen intuition, the eager detective plunges into an investigation that leads him across Europe, landing him at the center of a vast conspiracy with the deadliest of implications.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

“Mystery readers should enjoy this story. It is as Russian, and as international, as caviar and vodka! A crafty tale full of atmosphere, character, and action. I look forward to hearing more about the young detective Erast Fandorin.”–Anne Perry

“Elaborate, intricate, profoundly Czarist, and Russian to its bones, as though Tolstoy had sat down to write a murder mystery and came out with The Winter Queen. A wondrous strange and appealing novel, and not quite like anything you’ve read before.”–Alan Furst

"Atmospheric and engrossing, The Winter Queen is a historical thriller from the world of the czar. Boris Akunin is Russia's answer to Caleb Carr." -Kevin Baker
From the Hardcover edition.

From the Inside Flap:

Set in 1870s Moscow, St. Petersburg, and London, The Winter Queen introduces Boris Akunin's internationally celebrated sleuth, Erast Fandorin, who soon realizes that the suicide of a wealthy student in Moscow's Alexander Gardens is not an open-and-shut case but, instead, the tip of a spectacular global conspiracy, with the deadliest of implications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0812968778
• ISBN 13: 9780812968774
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264