Sister Pelagia and the red cockerel
Subtitle: a novel
By: Boris Akunin ; translated by Andrew Bromfield
Contributors: Bromfield, Andrew
Series: Mortalis; Mortalis
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9780812975154
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Nuns; Fiction
Work titles: Pelagii︠a︡ i krasnyĭ petukh
Description: When someone bashes in the head of Manuila, the messianic leader of a rogue Jewish sect, aboard a steamboat on which Pelagia happens to be a passenger, her observations prove useful to the investigating officer. After several attempts on her life, she's shipped off to Palestine, where she continues to look for the truth behind Manuila's murder.
Notes: "A Random House trade paperback original"--T.p. verso.

Translation originally published as: Pelagia & the red rooster. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008.