Tag Archives: Mystery

Nostalgic, coming-of-age story about a a boy's awakening to love and the cruelty and darkness of the real world.

"Sometimes I had to back up and follow a different path, but I seldom outline. I prefer to see where the story takes me."

Join author Aaron Lazar as he tours the blogosphere this January.

Akunin has written another masterpiece of detection and mystery.

For a Movie In Your Mind check out 52: Part I.

Not only is Akunin a master storyteller, but he is an adroit student of the various genres of crime and detective fiction.

Boris Akunin has proven himself a master raconteur with a deft hand for developing character and a devious mind for plots.

...balances the floweriness of 19th-century naturalism with enough 20th-century realism to create a confection of wit and intelligence.

Paying a mere $25 seems almost a crime itself.

A book to savour from start to finish, and almost wish it would never end.