{"product_id":"sister-pelagia-and-the-white-boris-akunin-9780812975130","title":"Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog: A Mystery by the internationally bestselling author of The Winter Queen","description":"\"Pelagia's family likeness to Father Brown and Miss Marple is marked, and reading about her supplies a similarly decorous pleasure.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a remote Russian province in the late nineteenth century, Bishop Mitrofanii must deal with a family crisis. After learning that one of his great aunt's beloved and rare white bulldogs has been poisoned, the Orthodox bishop knows there is only one detective clever enough to investigate the murder: Sister Pelagia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe bespectacled, freckled Pelagia is lively, curious, extraordinarily clumsy, and persistent. At the estate in question, she finds a whole host of suspects, any one of whom might have benefited if the old lady (who changes her will at whim) had expired of grief at the pooch's demise. There's Pyotr, the matron's grandson, a nihilist with a grudge who has fallen for the maid; Stepan, the penniless caretaker, who has sacrificed his youth to the care of the estate; Miss Wrigley, a mysterious Englishwoman who has recently been named sole heiress to the fortune; Poggio, an opportunistic and freeloading \"artistic\" photographer; and, most intriguingly, Naina, the old lady's granddaughter, a girl so beautiful she could drive any man to do almost anything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Pelagia bumbles and intuits her way to the heart of a mystery among people with faith only in greed and desire, she must bear in mind the words of Saint Paul: \"Beware of dogs-and beware of evil-doers.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Critics on both sides of the Atlantic have praised  Akunin's] clever plots, vivid characters and wit.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Akunin's wonderful novels are always intricately webbed and plotted.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Providence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Boris Akunin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812975138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812975130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.24w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/20\/2006 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2006 pg. 1198\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/02\/2007 pg. 127","brand":"Boris Akunin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44829319069951,"sku":"9780812975130","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9343a57b-abd4-4b68-ac1e-a2b13d85c84d.jpg?v=1708450456","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sister-pelagia-and-the-white-boris-akunin-9780812975130","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}