Boris Akunin

Der »Pikbube« außer Rand und Band Auf der ganzen weiten Welt gab es keinen unglücklicheren Menschen als Anissi Tulpow. Na, vielleicht irgendwo in Schwarzafrika oder Patagonien, aber in geringerer Entfernung kaum. Urteilen Sie selbst. Erstens der Vorname. Haben Sie schon mal gehört, daß...

Commissioner Gauche At Port Said a new passenger had boarded the Leviathan, occupying stateroom No. i8, the last first-class cabin still vacant, and Gustave Gauche's humour had immediately improved. This newcomer looked highly promising: that self-assured and unhurried way of carrying himself,...

Prologue The windows on the left were blank, sightless wall eyes, crusted with ice and wet snow. The panes of glass jangled dolefully as the wind hurled the soft, sticky flakes against them and swayed the heavy carcass of the carriage to and fro in an obstinate effort to shove the train off the...