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Liked It “Brilliant plot, convincing characters and I think it is a quite thought-provoking writing. The plot is full of twists and turns and it shows Akunin's wit. Better than any novel of Agatha Christie's.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Brilliant plot, convincing characters and I think it is a quite thought-provoking writing. The plot is full of twists and turns and it shows Akunin's wit. Better than any novel of Agatha Christie's.”
Raisil wrote this review 3 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I'm secretly in love with Erast Fandorin. don't tell my husband.”
Patty t wrote this review Thursday, June 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“1878: At the Paris home of Lord Littleby, a known collector of Indian (meaning from India) artifacts & treasures, a gruesome crime has been committed. Seated together around a table, 9 servants were found dead and upstairs, Lord Littleby himself was bludgeoned to death with a heavy object. Missing from his collection was a statue of the god Shiva, and a shawl. The Inspector of the French police working the case, a M. Gauche, finds one and only one piece of evidence: a golden badge in the shape of a whale that turns out to be a kind of first-class ticket to be worn on the maiden voyage of the British ship Leviathan to Calcutta. The inspector comes up with the idea that the guilty party will be the only one not wearing the badge, and books himself passage on the ship. Erast Fandorin, en route to another post, boards at Cairo, and together they set about solving the mystery -- but as it turns out, not before there are more deaths to be had among the first-class passengers. I've seen this work compared to that of Agatha Christie's and Erast Fandorin compared to Sherlock Holmes. hmmm. The book is a great deal of fun to read; the narrative style is not off-putting but actually enhances the experience. I very much recommend it if you liked The Winter Queen (as I did); but my guess is you probably need to read the series in order unlike I did. ”
quinnsmom wrote this review Friday, February 8 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This one is more who-dunnit-like than the other Erast Fandorin-books. I really liked it though. I liked the different views from different characters. The pace is different in Akunin's books than any other author I've read - not slower, but different. The mind of Erast Fandorin is sharp and with brilliant deduction - I have my suspicions along the way as to 'who-diddit', and I wasn't completely off the mark :-) The ending was intriguing and pleased me endlessly. Very recommendable!”
Loweyes wrote this review Saturday, August 25 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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