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The Gentle Axe 

 (Porfiry Petrovich, book 1)

by

R N Morris

The Gentle Axe

(The first book in the Porfiry Petrovich series)
(2007)
A novel by

R N Morris

 

St. Petersburg, Winter, 1867 - Two frozen bodies are found in an isolated corner of Petrovsky Park. The first - that of a dwarf - has been packed neatly in a suitcase, a deep wound splitting his skull in two. The second body, of a burly peasant, is hanging from a nearby tree, a bloody axe tucked into his belt. The detective Porfiry Petrovich, in his first murder case since Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", suspects the truth may be more complex than others wish him to believe. His investigation leads him from the squalid tenements, brothels and drinking dens of the city's Haymarket district to an altogether more genteel stratum of society. Atmospheric and tense from its dramatic opening to its shocking climax.
 
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Hardback Editions

March 2007 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1594201129Title: The Gentle Axe: A Novel
Author(s): R. N. Morris
ISBN: 1-59420-112-9 / 9781594201127 (USA edition)
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
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Paperback Editions

March 2008 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0143113267Title: The Gentle Axe
Author(s): R. N. Morris
ISBN: 0-14-311326-7 / 978-0-14-311326-3 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Books
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February 2008 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0571238572Title: A Gentle Axe (St. Petersburg Mystery)
Author(s): R.N. Morris
ISBN: 0-571-23857-2 / 978-0-571-23857-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Faber and Faber
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December 2007 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 057123206XTitle: A Gentle Axe (St. Petersburg Mystery)
Author(s): R.N. Morris
ISBN: 0-571-23206-X / 978-0-571-23206-2 (UK edition)
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February 2007 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0571232051Title: The Gentle Axe (St. Petersburg Mystery)
Author(s): R.N. Morris
ISBN: 0-571-23205-1 / 978-0-571-23205-5 (UK edition)
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Audio Editions

December 2008 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: 1606409972Title: The Gentle Axe (Playaway Adult Fiction)
Author(s): R. N. Morris
ISBN: 1-60640-997-2 / 9781606409978 (USA edition)
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April 2007 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1400103339Title: The Gentle Axe
Author(s): R.N. Morris
ISBN: 1-4001-0333-9 / 978-1-4001-0333-1 (USA edition)
Publisher: Tantor Media
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April 2007 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1400133335Title: The Gentle Axe: A Novel
Author(s): R.N. Morris
ISBN: 1-4001-3333-5 / 978-1-4001-3333-8 (USA edition)
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April 2007 : MP3 CD
Cover of ISBN: 1400153336Title: The Gentle Axe: A Novel
Author(s): R.N. Morris
ISBN: 1-4001-5333-6 / 978-1-4001-5333-6 (USA edition)
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March 2008 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B0014E7IFQTitle: The Gentle Axe
Author(s): R. N. Morris
Publisher: Penguin
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