Special Assignments: The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin (adiobook)
Isis Audio Books | 2007 | ISBN: 0753128136 | MP3@64 kbps | 12 hrs 39 mins | 345.97 Mb
Inthis thrilling collection of two novellas, Akunin (The Winter Queen)pits Erast Fandorin, his brilliant Russian detective who serves as thedeputy for special assignments to the governor-general of czaristMoscow, against two different but equally deadly foes. In the comicalThe Jack of Spades, Fandorin finds a Watsonian sidekick in AnisiiTulipov, a luckless and overeducated errand boy whose life changes whenFandorin takes him under his wing. The pair must face a cunning con manand thief, reminiscent of the great French antihero, Arsene Lupin.Things take a darker turn in The Decorator, when Fandorin fears thatJack the Ripper is continuing his slaughter of prostitutes, this time in1889 Russia. Clever writing and tight plotting, coupled with awillingness to shock readers by sacrificing significant characters,continue to cement Akunins reputation as one of the finest contemporaryauthors of classic crime fiction.
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