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Special Assignments: the Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin Free FREE SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS: THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ERAST FANDORIN PDF Boris Akunin,Andrew Bromfield | 336 pages | 10 Jan 2008 | Orion Publishing Co | 9780753823484 | English | London, United Kingdom Erast Fandorin Mysteries Series by Boris Akunin Two new adventures for Boris Akunin's well-loved, inimitable hero in which Erast Fandorin faces two very different adversaries: one, a deft, comedic swindler and master of disguise, whose machinations send ripples spreading through the carefully maintained calm of Moscow inand the other a brutal serial killer, driven by an insane, maniacal obsession, who strikes terror into the heart of the Moscow slums Special Assignments: the Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin - and who may have more in common with London's own Jack the Ripper than simply a taste for women of easy virtue. Peopled by a cast of eccentric characters, and with plots that are as surprising as they Special Assignments: the Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin inventive, Fandorin's 'Special Assignments' will delight Akunin's many thousands of fans, while testing their gentleman sleuth's powers of detection to the limit. Read more Read less. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1. Previous page. The Death of Achilles: Erast Fandorin 4. Only 1 left in stock. The Diamond Chariot: Erast Fandorin Usually dispatched within 3 to 4 days. Murder on the Leviathan. He Lover of Death: Erast Fandorin 9. Only 3 left in stock. Not Saying Goodbye. Usually dispatched within 6 to 10 days. Next page. Customers who bought this item also bought. Black City. The Coronation: Erast Fandorin 7. He lives in Moscow. What other items do Special Assignments: the Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin buy after viewing this item? Usually dispatched within 2 to 3 days. No customer reviews. How are ratings calculated? To calculate the overall star rating and percentage Special Assignments: the Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin by star, we do not use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. Review this product Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. Most helpful customer reviews on Amazon. Verified Purchase. So, I guess the double dip is one positive. I have to give Boris Akunin credit for attempting an ambitious spin to this series by writing in a different mystery genre for each book. These two stories represented "comical adventure" and "gory thriller". The best part of these entries for me was the introduction of Anisii Tulipov as Erast Fandorin's assistant which also becomes a negative in the second story as you will see later in this review. First, the "Jack of Spades". This story was a straight three. The biggest plus was Tulipov. I liked the idea of an assistant helping Fandorin and Tulipov's character was a perfect foil to Fandorin's brilliance and supposed perfection. I also liked Tulipov's backstory and the fact he was diligent in taking care of his special needs sister. The negative for me was I just don't think Akunin pulled off the comical aspects very well. Another negative. Fandorin was foiled time and time again by the Jack of Spades. In fact, he doesn't even catch him in the end. And Akunin certainly got the gory part down very well. Two things I didn't like aside from the gory thriller aspect. I think the fact Tulipov's sister was going to become a victim of the serial killer was telegraphed way ahead of time. Of course, I wasn't expecting the demise of Tulipov himself which was the biggest problem I had with this story. I was looking forward to seeing him paired up with Fandorin from here on out and I was left very disappointed at the end. We'll see if Mr. Special Assignments: the Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin does better in his next attempt, a political mystery. I don't think this is up to the standard of the two other Akunin books I've read. Actually, there are two novellettes here -- one about a con artist and one about a serial killer. With the help of his assistant Tulipov, Fandorin uses his deductive skills and eclectic knowledge to track down, first, a major league scam artist and then a maniacal killer who may or may not be Jack the Ripper. I found the stories interesting, but not riveting. The scam artist story was just average and the other one, only slightly above average, when it came to reader satisfaction. But, I'm a loyal Akunin fan and will move on to the next volumes with anticipation. This latest work about Erast Fandorin gives the reader two shorter tales of his investigations. The first one, in which his new assistant is introduced, is more of an amusing story, even though it involves crimes, of a sort. The second tale, however, is grim and grisly, with murders, vivisections, and just plain awful things happening. Oddly enough, both stories involve miscreants named "Jack", which is about all that I will say on that score. Where the first tale ends in farce, the second ends in tragedy and sorrow. Erast has really changed from the callow youth we first met in "The Winter Queen", Special Assignments: the Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin now he appears more like Sherlock Holmes, aloof and cerebral, rather than the more human side we learned to admire. I actully prefer the younger Erast, but time goes on and people age and mature, so we now have this "new" Erast, and will go down his future paths of investigation with him, as I know there are at least another six Erast novels written. I like very much his style, managing to describe the world at that time in a very lively way. But this one is not my favorite. This book contains two different narratives, being the first one the chase of Jack the Ripper in Moscow. Very difficult to swallow, being the Ripper a very English character! The second is entertaining and funny, I liked very much. I guess he introduces clips of newspapers of the epoch, I could well imagine the atmosphere. Akuning is superb in bringing up a city and their characters. Go to Amazon. Back to top. Get to Know Us. Shopbop Designer Fashion Brands. Alexa Actionable Analytics for the Web. DPReview Digital Photography. Special Assignments - Wikipedia Erast Fandorin Mysteries Series. Follows the adventures of Erast Fandorin, a 19th-century Russian detective. Each of the novels is written in a different sub-genre of detective stories. Book 1. The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin. Moscow, May What would cause a talented youn… More. Want to Read. Shelving menu. Shelve The Winter Queen. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Rate it:. Book 2. The Turkish Gambit by Boris Akunin. Shelve The Turkish Gambit. Book 3. Murder on the Leviathan by Boris Akunin. Shelve Murder on the Leviathan. Book 4. The Death of Achilles by Boris Akunin. Inafter six years of foreign travel and adv… More. Shelve The Death of Achilles. Special Assignments: the Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin 5. Special Assignments by Boris Akunin. Shelve Special Assignments. Dekorator by Boris Akunin. Shelve Dekorator. Book 6. Book 7. Fandorin returns in a swashbuckling tale of abduct… More. Book 8. There's been rising concern in Moscow over a wave … More. Book 9. Book Poslednij raz my vstrechalis s Erastom Petrovichem… More. Eliza Altairsky-Lointaine is the toast of Moscow s… More. Book 2,3. Sister Pelagia Mysteries. Verify your identity Special Assignments was originally published in Russian in Moscow He is cohabitating with the Countess Addy, a married woman. After a gentleman con man named Momos, who goes by the alias "The Jack of Spades", dupes the Prince as part of a hundred-thousand ruble swindle, Fandorin is called in to apprehend him. Fandorin takes on as his investigative assistant a meek young policeman named Anisii Tulipov, and together Fandorin and Tulipov try to apprehend Momos and his beautiful lady accomplice, Mimi. Fandorin sniffs out and shuts down a fraudulent lottery being run by the Jack, but Momos and Mimi escape. Momos in turn tricks Fandorin's Japanese manservant, Masa, into letting him steal all of Countess Addy's baggage. An angry Fandorin vows revenge on Momos and sets Special Assignments: the Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin a sting where he poses as an Indian prince in possession of a large emerald. Momos and Mimi again escape, but not before Mimi and Tulipov have a romantic encounter. Momos sends back all of Addy's baggage in an effort to relieve the pressure from Fandorin. Fandorin subsequently sends Addy back to her husband. Momos decides to flee Moscow to avoid a determined Fandorin, but changes his mind after a chance encounter with Samson Eropkin, a thoroughly corrupt, criminal Moscow official. Momos decides to rob Eropkin, but the con goes horribly wrong. Momos and Mimi wind up captured by Eropkin, who is on the verge of murdering them both when Fandorin arrives and saves them. Eropkin is arrested for his crimes. Fandorin lets Momos go for lack of evidence and from a desire to save his boss, Prince Dolgurukoi, embarrassment. Mimi, on the other hand, faces trial for her involvement in the fraudulent lottery. She appears to be headed for prison and exile in Siberia —and Tulipov, who has fallen in love, dreams of marrying her after she is released from jail—when Momos, disguised as a lawyer, defends Mimi in court and blackmails the judge into dropping the charges.
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