S. I. (RedHeadDread) reviewed on 9/24/2008 + 43 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

The Sister Pelagia series of mysteries is just as good as the Erast Fandorin ones. I like everything I've read by Boris Akunin. He's literary enough that you don't feel like your brain cells are leaking out as you read, but you cannot escape the fact that it's a series of detective novels. Imagine if Raymond Chandler and Chekov decided to collaborate on a series set in late 19th C. Russia. It sounds odd, but it works, I tell you. No, really! Try it, you'll like it!

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