Just a quick newsletter to let you know that my four St Petersburg Mysteries are on special offer today, Sunday 12 November. I’m not sure how long the offer will last as my publisher has arranged it. So get clicking!
Here are the details.
The ebook of A Gentle Axe, the first in the series, is free to buy on Kindle.
“Lush, and exceptionally compelling, but take your time – R.N. Morris’s The Gentle Axe has a vast depth of Russian soul; mysterious, compassionate, and utterly irresistible.” Alan Furst
“It’s a satisfyingly grisly yarn… CSI: St. Petersburg.” New York Times Book Review
The CWA Gold-Dagger short-listed A Vengeful Longing is 99p.
“Right from the start, we are hooked by his storytelling panache.” Daily Express
“Morris resurrects one of literature’s all-time greatest characters: Porfiry Petrovich, the detective from Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. The result reads like an episode of Columbo, but with feverish Russian psychology and the filthy overflowing canals of 1868 St. Petersburg.” New York Magazine
A Razor Wrapped in Silk is 99p.
“A multi-layered crime narrative, a history lesson and an inspiration to explore classic C19th Russian fiction. 3 for the price of one. Good value for my reading time? I should say so. Bring on book four!” Lizzie’s Literary Life
“A wonderfully atmospheric novel, beautifully descriptive and portraying a society on the brink of upheaval.” Euro Crime
The CWA Historical Dagger short-listed The Cleansing Flames is 99p.
“… a poignant finish to an exemplary series.” The Independent.
“The Cleansing Flames is the fourth in the series and arguably the best so far… Morris’s story succeeds admirably as a conventional work of crime fiction but is something more as well. In its twists and turns, and particularly in the divided character of Pavel Pavlovich, sympathetic to many of the aims of the revolutionaries but shocked by their methods, The Cleansing Flames is a clever exploration of the perennial conflict in political action between idealism and realism.” BBC History Magazine
PLUS:
The first book in my Empire of Shadows series, Law of Blood is 99p.
“With its sombre backdrop, Law of Blood often reminds the reader of a Nordic noir thriller. But what makes R.N. Morris’ novella stand out is its exploration of the political, rather than simply the procedural. Through the narrative, the reader catches a glimpse into the suspicion-filled world that was the 19th century Russian state, and it is this extra detail that gives Law of Blood an edge above the average crime thriller.” Hannah Ross, Aspects of History
“Once more, RN Morris crafts an evocative take on Tsarist Russia in this, the first of a new series… a real gem.” John Kennedy, author of The Blood Promise
Happy reading!