Death Of Achilles, The (4th Of Erast Fandorin Mysteries)

Description: Erast Fandorin returns to Moscow after an absence of six years, only to find himself instantly embroiled in court politics and scandal. His old friend General Sobolev - the famous 'Russian Achilles' - has been found dead in a hotel room, and Fandorin suspects foul play. Using his now-famous powers of detection - powers that belie his twenty-six years - Fandorin embarks on an investigation, during which the political and the personal may become dangerously blurred. With the assistance of some formidable martial arts skills, acquired whilst Fandorin was in Japan, our eccentric and ingenious hero must endeavour to discover not so much whodunit, as why... Review: 'The fourth Fandorin adventure is a delight. How wonderful to think there are seven more waiting to be translated.' EVENING STANDARD (14.8.06) '[a] hugely entertaining, cunningly plotted novel.' SUNDAY TIMES (27.8.06) 'The fourth Fandorin adventure is a delight. How wonderful to think there are seven more waiting to be translated.' THE SCOTSMAN (23.9.06) Author Biography: Boris Akunin is the pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili. He has been compared to Gogol, Tolstoy and Arthur Conan Doyle, and his Erast Fandorin books have sold over ten million copies in Russia alone. He lives in Moscow.