Black City
$35.06
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
6 August 2019
Summary
CRIMEA, 1914
When the Tzar’s head of security is assassinated, Erast Fandorin is called to investigate: the killer has been overheard mentioning a ‘black city’ so Fandorin and his trusty companion, Masa, head to Baku, the burgeoning Russian capital of oil.
But from the moment they arrive in the city - a hotbed of corruption and greed by the Caspian Sea - they realise someone is watching their every move, and they will stop at nothing to derail their investigat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474604444 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474604447 |
| Author: | Boris Akunin, Andrew Bromfield |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 6 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 32mm |
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The Erast Fandorin detective novels are always meaty, packed with historical detail, old-fashioned in the best sense and intricately plotted. Readers can expect prime Akunin - ingenious, twisty, at times digressive, exotic - a challenge to which his translator, Andrew Bromfield, rises magnificently. - Daily Mail
One of the most distinctive characters in historical crime fiction… Twenty years after his debut, Fandorin remains a thoroughly engaging hero - Sunday TimesAkunin is a sensation. He has created a popular hero to equal Sherlock Holmes and James Bond - THE TIMESThe most playful, ingenious historical thriller series in modern publishing - GUARDIANAbout The Author
Boris Akunin
BORIS AKUNIN is the pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili. He has been compared to Gogol, Tolstoy and Arthur Conan Doyle, and his Erast Fandorin books have sold over forty million copies around the world. He lives in London and was awarded the Freedom to Publish award at the 2024 British Book Awards.
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