Finally! I have a book by Boris Akunin - I didn't realise it's a pseudonym - Grigory Chkhartishvili. Anyway, today from a charity shop (Americans call them 'thrift' shops) I bought Murder on the Leviathan. I've read the first few sections and I'm already enjoying it. I flipped through it and it has a really interesting structure. Not necessarily unique - or was it? it was originally published in 1998 - but definitely interesting. There is a tongue-in-cheek tone in the writing which I'm loving. And I definitely want to know 'who-dun-it' or even how or why. lol.
It's nice that you enjoyed it. The author really does write very well. I enjoyed his stories myself. I really sympathize with the main character, Fandorin. A noble gifted young man with a difficult fate. I myself read the books avidly and eagerly awaited the continuation))))))
Books about Fandorin came out only 17, some of them - a collection of stories and novels. They cover the period from 1876 to 1925.
Books about Fandorin in order
Here is their list:
"Azazel" (released in 1998).
"Turkish Gambit" (1998)
"Leviathan" (1998)
"The Death of Achilles" (1998)
"Special Assignments" (1999)
"The State Counselor" (1999)
"Coronation, or the Last of the Novels" (2000)
"Mistress of Death" (2001)
"Lover of Death" (2001)
"The Diamond Chariot" (2002)
"Yin and Yang" (2005)
"Jade Beads" (2006)
"All the World's Theater" (2009)
"Black City" (2012)
"Planet Water" (2015)
"Not Saying Goodbye" (2018)
"Just Masa" (2020)
Leviathan is not the first book, but that will be a separate story and I think you'll get the hang of it. The books themselves also came out not in chronological order of events. Pleasant emotions from reading)))) it's really fascinating.
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