R. N. Morris
Summon Up the Blood: A Silas Quinn Mystery
Morris begins a new series (after The Cleansing Flame, 2011) with a grisly novel set in the foreboding atmosphere of…
The Cleansing Flames
The Cleansing Flames is the fourth and final book in this St Petersburg historical crime series. It is Easter 1872,…
A Razor Wrapped in Silk
St Petersburg 1870. The Tsar has instituted reforms which for many go too far, while for others not nearly far…
A Vengeful Longing
This is the sequel to the highly acclaimed A Gentle Axe, the first of Morris’s books to feature the investigating…
A Gentle Axe
A man hangs from a tree in Petrovsky Park, St. Petersburg, an axe tucked in his belt. Beside him on…
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