A Gentle Axe Paul Waters she is to be sent

she is to be sent to the South Seas on a scientific expedition

he plunges into a bizarre world where he meets extraordinary creatures such as Glondocks

Ethan Allen Hawley has lost the acquisitive spirit of his wealthy and enterprising forebears

What follows is a stunning tour de force in which the eerily idyllic settings of pre-war Europe give way to the exhilarating flight-paths of the frontline aeroplane radio operator

and all she has to do is wait

A Gentle Axe Paul Waters she is to be sentFresh off the case of a deranged student who murdered his landlady, noted police investigator Porfiry Petrovich barely takes a breath before a bizarre and very grisly double murder lands him back on the streets of the tsarist St. Petersburg he knows all too well. The sardonic sleuth follows a trail from the drinking dens of the Haymarket district to an altogether more genteel stratum of society a hunt that leads him to a conclusion even he will find