Rasputin's Revenge
Author: Lescroart, John
ISBN: 9780451209818
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 04 Nov 2003
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
Auguste Lupa, reputed son of Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective of all time-and possessor of a brilliant deductive mind in his own right-is summoned to the court of the Czar. There, with a bit of assistance from none other than Holmes and Watson, he untangles a chilling plot that holds the Winter Palace in a lethal grip...Don't miss this historical mystery from the i>New York Times/i> bestselling author of the Dismas Hardy series.br>p>b>"It was good to have Holmes and Watson drop in on the action...There's a lot of Sherlock in his son."-b>i>Abilene Reporter-News/i>br>br>b>"The perfect vehicle for mystery fans who relish a good detective story."b>b>-i>Macon Telegraph and News/i>br>br>Praise for John Lescroart's Dismas Hardy novels/b>br>br>"Today's best legal thriller series."-Lee Childbr>br>"Grisham and Turow remain the two best-known writers in the genre. There is, however, a third novelist at work today who deserves to be considered alongside Turow and Grisham. His name is John Lescroart."-i>Chicago Sun-Times/i>br>br>"Lescroart's books are high entertainment, with accurate legal and police procedures leading the action."-i>Sacramento Bee/i>br>br>"A gifted writer....I read him with great pleasure."-Richard North Pattersonbr>br>"Blistering courtroom sequences....the undisputed king of the legal thriller."i>-Providence Sunday Journal/i>br>br>"Unfolds like a classici>Law Order/i>."-i>Entertainment Weekly/i>b>/b>br>br>b>John Lescroart/b>is thei>New York Times/i>bestselling author of numerous legal thrillers and mysteries, most of them set in contemporary San Francisco. Among his novels arei>The Fall,The Keeper,The Ophelia Cut,The Hunt Club, The Second Chair, The First Law, Nothing But the Truth,andDead Irish,/i>as well as two novels featuring Auguste Lupa, the reputed son of Sherlock Holmes.i>/i>/b>/b>/b>/b>/p>
ISBN: 9780451209818
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 04 Nov 2003
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
Auguste Lupa, reputed son of Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective of all time-and possessor of a brilliant deductive mind in his own right-is summoned to the court of the Czar. There, with a bit of assistance from none other than Holmes and Watson, he untangles a chilling plot that holds the Winter Palace in a lethal grip...Don't miss this historical mystery from the i>New York Times/i> bestselling author of the Dismas Hardy series.br>p>b>"It was good to have Holmes and Watson drop in on the action...There's a lot of Sherlock in his son."-b>i>Abilene Reporter-News/i>br>br>b>"The perfect vehicle for mystery fans who relish a good detective story."b>b>-i>Macon Telegraph and News/i>br>br>Praise for John Lescroart's Dismas Hardy novels/b>br>br>"Today's best legal thriller series."-Lee Childbr>br>"Grisham and Turow remain the two best-known writers in the genre. There is, however, a third novelist at work today who deserves to be considered alongside Turow and Grisham. His name is John Lescroart."-i>Chicago Sun-Times/i>br>br>"Lescroart's books are high entertainment, with accurate legal and police procedures leading the action."-i>Sacramento Bee/i>br>br>"A gifted writer....I read him with great pleasure."-Richard North Pattersonbr>br>"Blistering courtroom sequences....the undisputed king of the legal thriller."i>-Providence Sunday Journal/i>br>br>"Unfolds like a classici>Law Order/i>."-i>Entertainment Weekly/i>b>/b>br>br>b>John Lescroart/b>is thei>New York Times/i>bestselling author of numerous legal thrillers and mysteries, most of them set in contemporary San Francisco. Among his novels arei>The Fall,The Keeper,The Ophelia Cut,The Hunt Club, The Second Chair, The First Law, Nothing But the Truth,andDead Irish,/i>as well as two novels featuring Auguste Lupa, the reputed son of Sherlock Holmes.i>/i>/b>/b>/b>/b>/p>
