B (Boris) Akunin

B (Boris) Akunin book reviews

• Sister Pelagia and the Black Monk

  Interesting and different

  by Catty, Dec 10, 2009

  Akunin books, translated from Russian are interesting and different and tell much about Russia. Read More

• The Winter Queen

  Russian cloak and dagger

  by Lore, Oct 5, 2008

  I have very little experience with reading Russian writers other than the "must reads" of classic literature. Thus, I find that they have aunique voice that I don't often notice in European fiction ... Read More

• Murder on the Leviathan

  A Russian Sherlock Holmes

  by Lore, Oct 5, 2008

  Boris Akunin hits his stride in Murder on the Leviathan. Just enough use of intellegent observation without the egocentricity of Sherlock Holmes. His voice comes through the many twists and turns of ... Read More