The Gentle Axe: A Novel by R.N. Morris

The Gentle Axe: A Novel

Porfiry Petrovich #1

R.N. Morris

320 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction historical mystery dark mysterious slow-paced

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Just before Christmas, in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1866, police investigator Porfiry Petrovich faces his most challenging murder case since the events made famous by F. Dostoevsky in the novel Crime and Punishment-a case with disturbing parallel...

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