THE RUSSIAN DETECTIVE

THE RUSSIAN DETECTIVE

• Publishing Company:

  THE BKS AGENCY

• Imprint:

• Format:

  SERIES

• Creator(s):

  CAROL ADLAM (AUTHOR)

• Number of Pages:

  112

• Cover price:

  GBP 20.00

• Publication Date:

  7th March 2024

• Age:

  ADULT

• Fiction/Non-Fiction

  FICTION

• Key words:

  FEMALE PROTAGONIST, CRIME, ADVENTURE, RUSSIAN REVOLUTION,

• Summary:

  Introducing an extraordinary new crime heroine… 

   

  In this stunning reimagining of a nineteenth-century Russian crime thriller, Carol Adlam pre sents Charlie Fox, stunt journalist, magician, liar and thief, who reluctantly returns to her home  town of Nowheregrad to investigate the murder of Elena Ruslanova, daughter of a fabulously  wealthy glass manufacturer.

   

  In Nowheregrad Charlie finds herself caught up in a multilayered story that is told through the  richly varied visual devices of the time. With the unwitting assistance of her lover, Netochka,  Charlie unravels the mystery of the Bobrov family, only to face the truth about herself.

   

  Adlam’s complex, elegant narrative brings to life the lost legacies of early crime fiction and the  first women journalists and detectives. Exquisitely drawn and compellingly told, The Russian  Detective is the work of a graphic novelist at the height of her powers.

   

  OBSERVER GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH, MARCH ‘24

   

  “A quirky mash-up of Tsarist nostalgia and postmodern detective noir’ – TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

   

  “Eat your heart out, Dosteovsky” – VAL MCDERMID

   

  “Subversive, immersive and elegant”- KATE CHARLESWORTH

   

  Perhaps the most handsome graphic novel of the year… mirrored corridors, snarling wolves, snowy streets and duellists in the night framed by slender trees and dark water. ― Guardian, *Books of the year*

   

  Could not be more rich or more beautiful if it tried. This is a book that replays multiple readings… its illustrations, so deeply atmospheric and so inordinately beautiful ― Observer

   

  Carol Adlam is a writer and visual artist. She specialises in work that explores the  intersections between art and literature, poetry, non fiction, and music. A rich and varied  career has seen her working as an academic, translator, and researcher. Her recent  visiting fellowship at Girton College, Cambridge resulted in the exquisite Girton Time  (Beam Editions). The Russian Detective is part of a collaboration with The University of St  Andrews. She has been commissioned by The Guardian, the United Nations, the National  Army Museum, Delayed Gratification and The National Archives, among others.

   

  RIGHTS SOLD/UNAVAILABLE:

  World All Languages and screen – Jonathan Cape / Penguin Random House

  Portuguese rights – LeYa

   

  RIGHTS AVAILABLE:

  All other rights controlled by The bks Agency