The State Counsellor: Erast Fandorin 6 (Erast Fandorin Mysteries) - Softcover

Akunin, Boris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753826429 ISBN 13: 9780753826423

Publisher: W&N, 2009

Synopsis

Dashing hero Erast Fandorin returns for another intriguing Russian crime caper, from the bestselling author of THE WINTER QUEEN.

General Khrapov, newly appointed Governor-General of Siberia and soon-to-be Minister of the Interior, is murdered in his official saloon carriage on his way from St Petersburg to Moscow.

The killer, disguised as Fandorin, leaves a knife thrust up to the hilt in his victim's chest and escapes through the window of the carriage. Can Fandorin escape suspicion?

A battle of wills and ideals, revolutionaries and traditionalists and good versus evil.

About this title

Review:

Akunin is an outstanding novelist ... Gloriously tongue-in-cheek but seriously edge-of-your-seat at the same time (Daily Express)

Fandorin delights ... a crime star (Independant)

What Akunin's books have in common is charm, elegant writing, abundant wit - and Erast Fandorin ... He is a delightful character like no other in crime fiction (The Times)

Fandorin is a debonair combo of Sherlock Holmes, D-Artagnan and most of the soulful heroes of Russian literature ... Andrew Bromfield's translation is key to maintaining the entertaining period pastiche (Sunday Telegraph)

The perfect Sunday afternoon read! (Scotland on Sunday)

Book Description:

Dashing hero Erast Fandorin returns for another intriguing Russian crime caper, from the bestselling author of THE WINTER QUEEN.

About this edition

• Publisher: W&N
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0753826429
• ISBN 13: 9780753826423
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304