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Item Details
Title:
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A GENTLE AXE
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By: |
R. N. Morris |
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Electronic book text |
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£5.82 |
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ISBN 10: |
0571252303 |
ISBN 13: |
9780571252305 |
Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
Pub. date: |
2 April, 2009 |
Series: |
St. Petersburg Mystery |
Pages: |
304 |
Description: |
St Petersburg. The winter of 1866. Two frozen bodies are found in Petrovsky Park - a dwarf neatly packed in a suitcase, and a burly peasant hanging from a tree. Police Detective Porfiry Petrovich begins his investigation in the city's squalid brothels and drinking dens but is soon led into an altogether more genteel stratum of society. |
Synopsis: |
'Lush, and exceptionally compelling, but take your time ..."The Gentle Axe" has a vast depth of Russian soul; mysterious, compassionate, and utterly irresistible' - Alan Furst, author of "The Polish Officer." St. Petersburg. The winter of 1866. Two frozen bodies are found in Petrovsky Park - a dwarf neatly packed in a suitcase, and a burly peasant hanging from a tree. Police Detective Porfiry Petrovich begins his investigation in the city's squalid brothels and drinking dens but is soon led into an altogether more genteel stratum of society - and to a shocking discovery which reveals the city's darkest secrets. 'Vivid and convincing ...Morris keeps the reader guessing until the end' - Virginia Rounding, "Independent." 'Tense, atmospheric and bristles with ...intelligence' - Tom Boncza-Tomaszewski, "Independent on Sunday." |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Faber & Faber Crime |
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