Jade Beads

A new book by Boris Akunin about the adventures of Erast Petrovich in the 19th century.

Last time we met Erast Petrovich Fandorin, he was applying his deductive method in the fight against Japanese crime. This was told in the novel... "Diamond Chariot" and the story "Sugumo," which has migrated to "Jade Beads" from "Cemetery Stories." All other texts here are new. Their geography has significantly expanded: the action of the stories and novellas moves from Moscow to Siberia, from England to America. And even – to Rio de Janeiro. Of course, Moscow holds a special position – with its colorful bandit life, duplicitous aristocrats, and other plutocrats: in general, that very "Russia" which, as it turns out, is not so regrettable to lose.