
Madness Treads Lightly
Author: Polina Dashkova, Marian Schwartz
Narrator: Coleen Marlo
Unabridged: 11 hr 32 min
Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 09/12/2017

Author: Polina Dashkova, Marian Schwartz
Narrator: Coleen Marlo
Unabridged: 11 hr 32 min
Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 09/12/2017
Dubbed the “Russian crime queen,” Polina Dashkova is Russia’s most successful author of crime novels. She’s sold fifty million copies of her books and has thrilled readers in countries across Europe and Asia. A graduate of Moscow’s Maxim Gorky Literary Institute, she has been active as a radio and press journalist and has worked as an interpreter and translator of English literature. Her books have been translated into German, Chinese, Dutch, French, Polish, Spanish, and English.
I have been taking a literary trip around the world with the assistance of AmazonCrossing. It’s really interesting to experience how authors in other cultures write and develop their stories. For this leg of my voyage, I’m off to Russia with Polina Dashkova’s Madness Treads Lightly. You may think th......more
RELEASE DATE: September 26th , 2017 RATING: 5 Stars Loved it loved it loved it!!! GENRE: Cultural Mystery SERIES: Standalone REVIEW: I am not generally a fan of books that aren’t set in the good old U.S. of A. It removes me from my frame of reference, and words like “boot” (for car trunk) and “earwig”......more
Ach wie schön, meine Urlaubslektüre. INHALT Die russische Journalistin (für Literatur) Lena, wird über den vermeintlichen Selbstmord eines Bekannten in gefährliche Geschichten verwickelt. Nicht nur glaubt sie, dass Mitja sich nicht selbst erhängt habe, sie stößt im Zuge ihrer Nachforschungen auch auf......more
“The sweeping plot, sinister as the Siberian taiga, does rely overly on coincidence, but such contrivance is more than outweighed by captivating storytelling, distinctive characters, and the eternal conundrum of Russia itself.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)“The scenery is…stunning and interesting… when someone mentions Siberia, I generally think of snow and frozen tundras, but Dashkova’s descriptions of a deeply forested and frozen land are magical and lend a certain level of grandeur to an otherwise ordinary thriller... this is a fine novel if you’re interested in Russia and the changes that took place in the ‘80s and ‘90s when the country transitioned from communism to capitalism as well as wonderful descriptions of the land from a native.”—Fresh Meat (starred review)