He Lover of Death

Boris Akunin shows how it should be done … an absurdly imaginative story, surreal and comic … irresistible * The Times *Erast Fandorin is a delightful character like no other in crime fiction * The Times *Akunin is an outstanding novelist … Gloriously tongue-in-cheek but seriously edge-of-your-seat at the same time * Daily Express *Self-indulgently enjoyable … [Akunin’s] artfully constructed novel also nods in thr direction of Arthur Conan Doyle * Financial Times *A special treat for Akunin’s fans * Literary Review *He writes a cracking good story, full of vivid and interesting characters, and the pace never flags for a moment. – Joanna HInes * GUARDIAN *Speedy is a marvellous creation, and Fandorin suitably opaque; the gangsters are variously grim and the aptly named femme fatale is a tidy piece of work. – James Urquhart * FINANCIAL TIMES *A brilliant and witty discovery! * TELEGRAPH & ARGUS *

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 eighteen million copies in Russia alone. He lives in Moscow.