With <i>The Death of Achilles</i>, the hilarious and dashing Erast Fandorin, Akunin's debonair Russian Sherlock Holmes, just seems to get better and better ... unputdownable and great fun ... a stunning continuation of form from a Russian author whose thriller writing is world-class
Sunday Express
This fourth book in Akunin's series of detective novels starring dashing hero Erast Fandorin will not disappoint fans of the first three, or indeed any connoisseur of detective fiction ... a witty, rip-roaring thrill-fest
Time Out
A stunning continuation of form from a Russian author whose thriller writing is world-class
Sunday Express
A winning combination of crime fiction and adventure story as if Flashman were frisking through a tale by Dostoevsky
Independant
The Death of Achilles may be historical pastiche but its wit and invention are a source of constant wonder ... All in all, a delicious confection
Evening Standard