The State Counsellor

author

Boris Akunin

1956 -

first publication date: 1999

genre: detective fiction, politics

part of the series: Erast Fandorin series

original title: Статский советник

original language: Russian

narrative location: Moscow

characters: Erast Fandorin, Masahiro Shibata

follows: Special Assignments

followed by: The Coronation

The State Counsellor (Russian: Статский советник, the 5th civil grade in the Table of Ranks of Imperial Russia) is the sixth novel in the Erast Fandorin historical detective series by Boris Akunin. It is subtitled "political detective mystery" (Russian: политический детектив). The State Counsellor was originally published in Russia in 2000. The English translation was published in January 2008. Source: Wikipedia (en)