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A Gentle Axe. A St Petersburg Mystery

Categorie	Engels
Boeknummer	#226679
Titel	A Gentle Axe. A St Petersburg Mystery
Auteur	Morris, R.N.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London, Faber and Faber
Jaar van uitgave	2008
ISBN10	0571238572
ISBN13	9780571238576
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	''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 OfficerSt 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-... (Lees verder)Tomaszewski, Independent on Sunday
Pagina's	293
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 5,00

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