Boris Akunin
Special Assignments: The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin (Russian Особые поручения) is a book by Russian author Boris Akunin, published in 2007. The book contains two historical detective novellas featuring his character Erast Fandorin: "The Jack of Spades" (Russian Пиковый валет) and "The Decorator" (Russian Декоратор). "Special Assignments" was originally published in Russian in 1999.