Special Assignments

About “Special Assignments”

In this 1999 book by Boris Akunin, nineteenth-century sleuth Erast Fandorin, with new assistant Anisii Tulipov, faces two foes: "The Jack of Spades," a swindler who has conned thousands of rubles from Moscow residents, and "The Decorator," a serial killer who mutilates women he believes he is "cleaning." Special Assignments collects both cases, peopled by eccentric characters and inventive plots.