Fandorin. Azazel – The action takes place in Petrograd, the capital of the Russian Empire, in the year 2023. The revolution did not happen, the Bolsheviks failed to seize power, and Tsar Nicholas III rules the country alongside Prime Minister Dmitry Orlov. At this time, twenty-year-old Erast Fandorin becomes a detective in the police department. While working on less interesting cases, he learns some unusual news: the owner of an oil business, a young millionaire, commits suicide in the center of the capital in front of a crowd...
