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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2007
  • Latest Book:
    December 2020
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Full Series List in Order

Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov

The Gentle Axe (Apr-2007)

A Silas Quinn Mystery

1 - Summon Up The Blood (Aug-2012)
2 - The Mannequin House (Apr-2013)
3 - The Dark Palace (May-2014)

Book List in Order: 13 titles



  • Just before Christmas, in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1866, police investigator Porfiry Petrovich faces his most challenging murder case since the events made famous by F. Dostoevsky in the novel Crime and Punishment-a case with disturbing parallels a...



  • The acclaimed author of The Gentle Axe returns with another atmospheric thriller starring investigator Porfiry Petrovich

    Hailed with glowing reviews , R. N. Morris's The Gentle Axe borrowed Porfiry Petrovich of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishm...



  • St Petersburg. 1870. A child factory worker is mysteriously abducted. A society beauty is sensationally murdered. Two very different crimes show up the deep fissures in Russian society of the late tsarist period. The first is barely noticed by the...



  • Easter, 1872. Fires burn in St Petersburg, a prelude to the revolutionary turmoil that will shake Russia a generation later. As the springtime thaw begins, a body rises to the surface of the Winter Canal. Following an anonymous tip-off, magistr...



  • First in a brand-new historical mystery series featuring decidedly unconventional turn of the century sleuth, Detective Inspector Silas Quinn. London, 1914. A killer is at liberty in the dark alleys of the city. The cadavers of his victims all h...



  • In this intriguing historical mystery, Detective Inspector Silas Quinn investigates one of the strangest cases of his career . . . London, 1914. Called out to investigate the murder of a fashion model employed by the House of Blackley, a prestigious...



  • April, 1914. Against his better judgement, Detective Inspector Silas Quinn is attending the premiere of the new motion picture by notorious Austrian film-maker Konrad Waechter. But the glamorous event is interrupted by the piercing screams of a young...



  • A series of bizarre suicides leads Detective Inspector Silas Quinn to revisit his own troubled past … June, 1914. A young man is mauled to death by a polar bear at London Zoo. Shortly afterwards, another young man leaps to his death from a noto...



  • A game for the times we live -- and die -- in. Enter Psychotopia, a dark new dystopian novel from the author of the acclaimed Silas Quinn mysteries. PSYCHOTOPIA, LEVEL ONE. Create your own boutique psychopath, then deceive, manipulate and be ruthl...






  •   A Scotland Yard detective probes a gruesome murder with a single feather as his only clue in this gripping historical mystery set in World War I London. London, 1914. The declaration of war with Germany has made the capital a dark, uncertain p...



  • Could a mysterious music box hold the key to unlocking the puzzle behind a gruesome murder for Detective Inspector Silas Quinn? London, 1914. Despite a number of setbacks, rehearsals for The Hampstead Voices' Christmas concert are continuing apace...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

R.N. Morris has published 13 books.

R.N. Morris does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Taking Comfort, was published in December 2020.

The first book by R.N. Morris, The Gentle Axe, was published in April 2007.

Yes. R.N. Morris has 2 series.