EAN: 9781787334724

THE RUSSIAN DETECTIVE - CAROL ADLAM GEBUNDEN

A stunning detective story from the winner of the World Illustration Award **OBSERVER GRAPHIC
NOVEL OF THE MONTH Pick for March** 'Could not be more rich or more beautiful if it tried'
OBSERVER In this stunning reimagining of a nineteenth-century Russian crime thriller from the
world of Dostoevsky  Carol Adlam presents Charlie Fox  stunt journalist  magician  liar and
thief  who reluctantly returns to her hometown of Nowheregrad to investigate the murder of
Elena Ruslanova  daughter of a fabulously wealthy glass manufacturer. In Nowheregrad Charlie
finds herself caught up in a multi-layered story that is told through the richly varied visual
devices of the time. With the unwitting assistance of her lover  Netochka  Charlie unravels the
mystery of the Bobrov family  only to face the truth about herself. Exquisitely drawn and
compellingly told  Adlam's complex  elegant narrative brings to life the lost legacies of early
crime fiction and the first women journalists and detectives.

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