Winter Queen - Second Hand Copy

Moscow 1876. A 23-year-old law student commits suicide in broad daylight in Moscow's Alexander Gardens. Erast Fandorin, the brilliant, young and gifted detective is put on the case - a case that deepens as he discovers that the young man was the son of an influential industrialist and has left considerable assets. Fandorin's fearless investigation takes him from Moscow to Berlin and London, via St. Petersburg, as the suicide reveals a worldwide conspiracy.

Erast Fandorin has been described as 'the James Bond of the 19th Century' - it's Difficult for gentlemen sleuth to keep his mind on a case when the new Dostoyevsky novel has just hit the shops.

The Winter Queen is a gripping literary page-turner whose power and appeal is enhanced by its vividly realistic historical setting. Boris Akunin's first UK publication marks the arrival of a startlingly original new talent in thriller writing.