Jade Beads. A Novel with a Transcript

In this unique material, Boris Akunin unveils the curtain of mystery surrounding the creation of the book and its characters.

The last time we met Erast Petrovich Fandorin was when he applied his deductive method in the fight against Japanese crime. This was the novel «The Diamond Chariot» and the story «Sigumo», which transferred 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 criminal life, duplicitous aristocrats, and other plutocrats: in general, the very «Russia» which, as it turns out, is not so mourned to lose.