Spring. 1880. It was General Krolikov’s name day, the day he celebrated being Timofei son of Timofei. He chose to spend it in Tavrichesky Garden, St Petersburg, as he did every year, weather permitting. As usual, his daughter Vera had arranged a party. Most of those in the group were strangers to him. He assumed …
NOMINATED FOR THE 2011 CWA ELLIS PETERS AWARD FOR BEST HISTORICAL CRIME NOVEL! Easter, 1872. Fires burn in St Petersburg, a prelude to the revolutionary turmoil that will shake Russia a generation later. As the springtime thaw begins, a body rises to the surface of the Winter Canal. Following an anonymous tip-off, magistrate Porfiry …
The third in the St Petersburg Mysteries series, due out April 2010.
The second in R.N. Morris’s series of St Petersburg Mysteries, featuring Porfiry Petrovich.
The first of R.N. Morris’s St Petersburg Mysteries.