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_bP4513 2007
082 0 0 _aMYS AKU
100 1 _aAkunin, Boris
240 1 0 _aPelagiia i belyi buldog
_l. English
245 1 0 _aSister Pelagia and the white bulldog
_b: a novel
_c/ Boris Akunin ; translated by Andrew Bromfield
260 _aNew York
_b: Random House Trade Paperbacks
_c, 2007.
300 _a273 p.
_c; 21 cm.
500 _aA trilogy.
500 _a"A Random House trade paperback original"--T.p. verso.
520 _a"In a remote Russian province in the late nineteenth century, Bishop Mitrofanii is entangled in a family crisis. After learning that one of his great aunt's beloved and rare white bulldogs has been poisoned, the Orthodox prelate knows there is only one detective clever enough to investigate the murder: Sister Pelagia." "The bespectacled, freckled nun is lively, curious, extraordinarily clumsy, and persistent. In search of a killer, Pelagia 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 intriguing, Naina, the old lady's granddaughter, a girl so beautiful she could drive any man to do almost anything." "As 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.""--BOOK JACKET.
650 _aPrivate investigators
_z-Russia (Federation)
_z-Moscow
_v--Fiction
651 _aRussia (Federation)
_x-History
_y-1801-1917
_v--Fiction
655 7 _aMystery fiction
700 1 _aBromfield, Andrew
942 _cMO
999 _c267594
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