Sister Pelagia and the Black Monk: A Novel-Fast Shipping

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Fans of Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog, the first book in Akunin’s Pelagia trilogy, will be instantly mesmerized–and frightened–by this latest foray into Zavolzhsk’ s spiritual underworld.

In the middle of the night, a disheveled and badly frightened monk arrives at thedoorstep of Bishop Mitrofanii of Zavolzhsk, crying: “Something’s wrong at the Hermitage!”The Hermitage is the centuries-old island monastery of New Ararat, known for itstradition of severely penitent monks, isolated environs, and a mental institutionfounded by a millionaire in self-imposed exile. Hearing the monk’s eerie message,Mitrofanii’s befuddled but sharp-witted ward Sister Pelagia begs to visit New Araratand uncover the mystery. Traditions prevail–no women are allowed–and the bishop sendsother wards to test their fates against the Black Monk that haunts the once serenelocale. But as the Black Monk claims more victims–including Mitrofanii’s envoys–Pelagiagoes undercover to see exactly what person, or what spirit, is at the bottom of itall.

Praise for Sister Pelagia and the Black Monk

“For all his status as a globe-circling bestseller,Akunin keeps faith in his sleekly engineered and allusive whodunnits with the classicalvirtues of Russian prose. . . . That polish lends his books a peculiar charm.”
–TheIndependent (London)

“Readers can hear echoes of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevskyand Anton Chekov in whodunits that, because of their literary overtones, can be guiltlesslyconsumed as entertainment.”
—Los Angeles Times