Sunday Express
'Reader William Hootkins is superb'
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'an original addition to the detective-fiction genre, and Hootkins - subtly nuanced, and sparing on the theatrical Russian accents - adds to the enjoyment.' (
The Sunday Times )
'Reader William Hootkins is superb' (
Sunday Express )
'Just occasionally an audiobook sends me straight out to buy every single one fo the author's works. That was certainly my first urge.... For William Hootkin's deep, rich voice and clever character switches kept me spellbound.' (Christina Hardyment
The Times )
'The tone is self-conciously leisurely, quirky and wry - a Sherlock Holmes for our times - and reader Hootkins recreates it with relish.' (
The Irish Times )
'It's 1876, and the son of a rich and influential industrialist commits suicide in a park in Moscow. The hot-headed new police recruit Erast Fandorin is assigned to the case and embarks on a hunt from the grand palaces of the Russian capital to the seedy backstreets of London. Great Fun.' (
Northern Echo )
'Hootkins narrates the story well.' (
The Telegraph )
'Set in 1879, it is marvellously plotted, gloriously extravagant and splendidly read by the perfectly named William Hootkins' (Sue Gaisford
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