R. N. Morris eBooks

Easter, 1872. Fires burn in St Petersburg, a prelude to the revolutionary turmoil that will shake Russia a generation later. As the springtime thaw begins, a body rises to the surface of the Winter Canal. >>

St Petersburg. 1870. A child factory worker is mysteriously abducted. A society beauty is sensationally murdered. Two very different crimes show up the deep fissures in Russian society of the late tsarist >>

'Lush, and exceptionally compelling, but take your time . . . The Gentle Axe has a vast depth of Russian soul; mysterious, compassionate, and utterly irresistible.' Alan Furst, author of The Polish Officer >>

'Satisfies on more than one level - as a story of investigation and also as a historical novel crammed with sharply individual characters.' Andrew Taylor, author of The American Boy In the heat of the >>