The Winter Queen (Erast Fandorin Mysteries (Hardcover)) - Softcover

"A galloping story of murder, suicide, deception, and disguise."
-Entertainment Weekly

"As international as caviar and vodka! A crafty tale full of atmosphere, character, and action."
-Anne Perry

"Marries old-fashioned manners to a nonstop array of plot twists to rival the best detective tales . . . The Winter Queen is an energetic hands-down winner."
-People

"There are secret panels, hidden tunnels, a false mustache, intercepted letters, gunfights, and a glamorous female villain. . . . Akunin knows how to build suspense."
-The Boston Globe

"A wondrous strange and appealing novel . . . Elaborate, intricate, profoundly czarist, and Russian to its bones, as though Tolstoy had sat down to write a murder mystery. Not quite like anything you've ever read before."
-Alan Furst, author of The Foreign Correspondent

When a young student from a wealthy family unexpectedly commits suicide in the Alexander Gardens, Erast Fandorin of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Police to investigate the supposedly open-and-shut case and discovers that the student's suicide is not an isolated case. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.