Detective stories and thrillers have proven a very successful genre of new Russian literature: in the 1990s serial detective novels by Alexandra Marinina, Polina Dashkova and Darya Dontsova were published in millions of copies. In the next decade Boris Akunin who wrote more sophisticated popular fiction, e.g. a series of novels about the 19th century sleuth Erast Fandorin, was eagerly read across the country.
Detective stories and thrillers have proven a very successful genre of new Russian literature in the 1:990s serial detective novels by Alexandra Marinina, Polina Dashkova and Darya Dontsova were p.ublished in millions of copies In ,the next decade Boris Akunin who wrote more sophisticated popular fiction e.g. a series of novels about the 19th century sleuth Erast Fandorin, was eagerly read across the country.