From Russia's bestselling and most celebrated crime fiction writer,
Boris Akunin, The Coronation casts Fandorin in a swashbuckling tale of
abduction and intrigue, set during the build-up to the coronation of
Tsar Nicholas II
Boris Akunin has been hailed as Russia's answer to both Agatha Christie
and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for his beloved Fandorin mystery series.
After five years spent abroad building up a business as something of a
private investigator, the handsome, stuttering Fandorin is back in
Moscow--and in for a case that entangles him with the highest echelons
of Romanov royalty.
Grand Duke Georgii Alexandrovich arrives in Moscow with three of his
children for the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II, who is fated to become
the last Emperor of Russia. During an afternoon stroll in the park,
Georgii's daughter Xenia is dragged away by bandits, only to be rescued
by an elegant gentleman and his Japanese sidekick. The passing heroes
introduce themselves as Erast Petrovich Fandorin and Masa, but panic
ensues when the party realizes that four-year-old Mikhail has been
snatched in the confusion.
A ransom letter arrives from an international criminal demanding the
handover of the Count Orlov, an enormous diamond on the royal scepter
which is due to play a part in the coronation. Can the gentleman
detective find Mikhail in time? The Coronation is a fantastically
entertaining and deftly plotted take on the hostage novel, not to be
missed.
