Gentle Axe

R. N. Morris (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

356 Seiten

2007
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-23205-5 (ISBN)

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Two frozen bodies are found in an isolated corner of Petrovsky Park. The detective Porfiry Petrovich suspects the truth may be more complex than others wish him to believe. His investigation leads him from the squalid tenements, brothels and drinking dens of the city's Haymarket district to an altogether more genteel stratum of society.

St. Petersburg, Winter, 1867 - Two frozen bodies are found in an isolated corner of Petrovsky Park. The first - that of a dwarf - has been packed neatly in a suitcase, a deep wound splitting his skull in two. The second body, of a burly peasant, is hanging from a nearby tree, a bloody axe tucked into his belt. The detective Porfiry Petrovich, in his first murder case since Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", suspects the truth may be more complex than others wish him to believe. His investigation leads him from the squalid tenements, brothels and drinking dens of the city's Haymarket district to an altogether more genteel stratum of society. Atmospheric and tense from its dramatic opening to its shocking climax.

R.N. Morris lives in North London with his wife and two young children. He read Classics at Cambridge University and makes his living as a a freelance copywriter. One of his stories, The Devil's Drum, was turned into a one-act opera, which was performed at the Purcell Room on London's South Bank.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2007
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10	0-571-23205-1 / 0571232051
ISBN-13	978-0-571-23205-5 / 9780571232055
Zustand	Neuware