The Gentle Axe - Tapa blanda

"A satisfyingly grisly yarn, mawkish and macabre. CSI: St. Petersburg"
-The New York Times Book Review

"The Gentle Axe is a deftly plotted, enjoyable literary thriller."
-The Washington Post

"A smart, hypnotizing tale of crime and duplicity. . . . Genuinely pleasurable."
-The New York Sun

"Lush, and exceptionally compelling, but take your time-R. N. Morris's The Gentle Axe has a vast depth of Russian soul: mysterious, compassionate, and utterly irresistible."
-Alan Furst, author of The Foreign Correspondent

"The anti-Sherlock Holmes."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer

In the aftermath of two grisly murders in St. Petersburg, investigator Porfiry Petrovich traces leads to a pornography ring and more genteel societal circles before encountering dangerous resistance from powerful high-ranking groups. Reprint.