Rasputins Revenge, John Lescroart
Rasputins Revenge, John Lescroart
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Rasputin's Revenge

Author: John Lescroart

Narrator: Tim Baltz

Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/15/2011


Synopsis

Auguste Lupa, reputed son of Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective of all time—and possessor of a brilliant deductive mind in his own right—is summoned to the court of the Czar. There, with a bit of assistance from none other than Holmes and Watson, he untangles a chilling plot that holds the Winter Palace in a lethal grip…Don't miss this historical mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of the Dismas Hardy series."It was good to have Holmes and Watson drop in on the action...There's a lot of Sherlock in his son."—Abilene Reporter-News"The perfect vehicle for mystery fans who relish a good detective story.” —Macon Telegraph and NewsPraise for John Lescroart's Dismas Hardy novels"Today’s best legal thriller series.”—Lee Child“Grisham and Turow remain the two best-known writers in the genre. There is, however, a third novelist at work today who deserves to be considered alongside Turow and Grisham. His name is John Lescroart.”—Chicago Sun-Times“Lescroart's books are high entertainment, with accurate legal and police procedures leading the action.”—Sacramento Bee“A gifted writer….I read him with great pleasure.”—Richard North Patterson“Blistering courtroom sequences.…the undisputed king of the legal thriller.”—Providence Sunday Journal“Unfolds like a classic Law & Order.”—Entertainment Weekly John Lescroart is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous legal thrillers and mysteries, most of them set in contemporary San Francisco. Among his novels are The Fall, The Keeper, The Ophelia Cut, The Hunt Club,  The Second Chair, The First Law, Nothing But the Truth, and Dead Irish, as well as two novels featuring Auguste Lupa, the reputed son of Sherlock Holmes.

About John Lescroart

American thriller author, John Lescroart, was born in Houston, TX in 1948. He graduated from high school in San Mateo, CA, and then earned a B. A. in English with honors at UC Berkeley in 1970.

Lescroart held many varied jobs through his early years out of college. Everything from bartender, moving man, house painter to singer/songwriter with his own band.

John has written more than twenty novels and several screenplays. His most popular novels are the Dismas Hardy/Abe Glitsky series and the Wyatt Hunt series. His books are translated and sold in more than seventy-five countries. He is also popular with his blogs at johnlescroart.com, Twitter, and Facebook.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda on March 19, 2012

What do Sherlock Holmes and the Russian Revolution have in common? Until Rasputin's Revenge was published, they had nothing in common. John Lescroart, better known for his Dismas Hardy legal series, brings them together in a compelling tale of murder and intrigue set in St. Petersburg during the fir......more

Goodreads review by Carina on December 13, 2008

I picked up Rasputin's Revenge by John Lescroart at a coffe house's book exchange in San Pedro de Sur, south in Nicaragua. It turned out to be just what I was looking for, and became one of my favorite books. First of all, it's extremely well written. The background being the russian revolution give......more

Goodreads review by Rob on March 18, 2019

This is one amazing novel. Ignored by the public and the media. It never got the exposure it deserved. If you want a real treat, read this one. It is, however, set in the year 1917. But this shows just how good a writer John Lescroart was before he started writing the Dismas Hardy series and finally......more

Goodreads review by Gary on June 24, 2020

Having watched several series about the Czar's I knew more of the history of the background for this story, therefore I enjoyed this novel more than the previous in this series. Still I believe I enjoy Dismas Hardy and Wyatt Hunt characters more than Auguste Lupa. It was a good read, but not outstan......more

Goodreads review by Terry on July 06, 2020

Sherlock Holmes' son, Auguste Lupa travels to Russia at the behest of Czarina Alexandra, to investigate several murders of the Czar's closest friends. The Czarina believes the murders are being committed to bring the Czar into a great depression and despair, thus undermining his reign. But Lupa unco......more