The Gentle Axe (Audiobook)

from john257hopper

This is the first in a series of detective novels set in 19th century St Petersburg featuring investigative magistrate Porfiry Petrovich, who is the detective in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment who investigates the murders committed by the student Raskolnikov. This novel also features some of ...

from gypsysmom

I listened to this book which I downloaded from my library's electronic book site. The main reason I chose this book was because it was read by Simon Vance and I know several people who like his narration. Vance is an excellent narrator but unfortunately that wasn't enough to carry the book for m...

from stonelaura

Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, Porfiry Petrovich, fills out his character and sets him loose on another crime. Petrovich is a sympathetic and complex character. He gets emotionally caught up in this mystery, but he's also got a sly sense of humor. The mystery begins when the body of a dwarf ...

from KarenDuff

Not a bad first novel although the killer was to obvious, I prefer a mystery that keeps me guessing as to who the bad guy is.

from Juva

I will read any book set in Russian. That is just a straight up fact. However, that doesn't mean I will like every book set in Russian. This one is just fabulous, though. A gem. Set in tsarist St. Petersburg, this is the story of an odd murder mystery committed during the weeks leading up to Ch...