Samovar Murders
I enjoy this series. Well written. Not cynical.
I enjoy this series. Well written. Not cynical.
Matyushikn is my favorite detective in any series I've come across. Alexei Bayer is a writer who really has an ear for good dialogue, and you'll see it in this book. I guarantee you won't figure this one out until the last few pages. I already have The Samovar Murders -- and if you're listening, Mr. Bayer, please let's have another Matyushkin mystery in 2020!
I enjoy this series. Well written. Not cynical.
Matyushikn is my favorite detective in any series I've come across. Alexei Bayer is a writer who really has an ear for good dialogue, and you'll see it in this book. I guarantee you won't figure this one out until the last few pages. I already have The Samovar Murders -- and if you're listening, Mr. Bayer, please let's have another Matyushkin mystery in 2020!
The murder of a poet is always more than a murder. When a famous writer is brutally stabbed on the campus of Moscow’s Lumumba University, the son of a recently deposed African president confesses, and the case assumes political implications that no one wants any part of.
Brought in to oversee the local militia investigation, Pavel Matyushkin soon realizes that not all is what it seems, that there are hidden forces at play in this case, both in the government and in the shadowy world of organized crime.
In this fourth installment in the Matyushkin Case Files, the dogged detective uncovers not just sordid crimes and petty jealousies, but also a dark and little-known chapter in Soviet history – what happened to the hundreds of thousands of soldiers crippled in the Second World War.
The result is not only a page-turning mystery full of compelling characters, but one that reveals important historical events largely forgotten.
The full series:
Murder at the Dacha
The Latchkey Murders
Murder and the Muse
The Samovar Murders
About the Author: Alexei Bayer is a New York-based author, translator and, by economic necessity, an economist. He writes in English and in Russian, his native tongue, and translates into both languages. His short stories have been published in New England Review, Kenyon Review, and Chtenia. Murder at the Dacha is his first novel.
