Russian detectives: list. Russian detective writers

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

As a starting point, Russian detectives, a list of which is presented in the article, take the 90s of the last century, when detective products from abroad flooded the shelves of bookstores in an inexhaustible stream. This prompted domestic writers to take up a pen (or a ballpoint pen or a computer keyboard as an option) and start writing stories that captivate average readers with plot twists.

Boris Akunin

The list of the best Russian detectives begins with the books of Grigory Chkhartishvili (that is, Boris Akunin). In Russia, one can hardly find a person who is more or less interested in modern literature, who would not have heard of The Adventures of Erast Fandorin. The named cycle consists of a number of books united by the main character. Erast, as well as the nineteenth century accompanying the action of detectives, is a model of true nobility. Fandorin appears in the first novel of the Azazel cycle, where he exposes the activities of a powerful group. And the more than modest position of a clerk is not a hindrance. Other novels will follow, andsome of them have taken on a second life on TV screens (“Turkish Gambit”, “State Counselor”). The final book is Black City, which takes place in 1914 before the war.

With the Fandorin cycle, Akunin seems to want to clarify for himself and his readers what a Russian detective story is. The list of all kinds of modifications of this genre (some of them were specially invented by the author) is amazing. Akunin gives examples of political, espionage, adventurous detectives, these include the works listed above. And then there are such specific branches of the genre as ethnographic (“Diamond Chariot”), theatrical (“The whole world is a theater”) and even … an idiotic detective story. Another postmodern game, nothing more.

The cycle dedicated to Fandorin is not Akunin's only work in the detective genre. He also owns a trilogy about the nun Pelageya, who, living in the fictional Zavolzhsky province, solves crimes. To do this, she needs to show all her qualities to the maximum, including the ability to become a brilliant socialite when she is required to attend events that do not quite correspond to her line of work.

Daria Dontsova

But not only the works of Akunin are Russian detectives. The list is continued by Dontsova's novels, which are enviably popular with the domestic reader. Daria began writing them after she was diagnosed in 1998 with a terrible diagnosis - breast cancer. Apparently, the disease opened up some creative resources of the writer, andShe was discharged from the hospital, having managed to make 5 books. In the first of them - "Cool heirs" - the heroine Dasha Vasilyeva is introduced, who has much in common with the author himself. She loves animals, a woman's professional activity is connected with languages, and then … and crimes, which she has the ability to attract like a magnet. In total, 46 novels have been created about Dasha Vasilyeva at the moment (some of them - "For all the hares", "My husband's wife" and others - were filmed) and several works of small genre form.

After that, Dontsova decided to add books to the list of Russian detectives, in which other heroes participate - Evlampia Romanova ("Manicure for the Dead", "Dinner at the Ogre" and many others), Viola Tarakanova ("Golden Cockerel Fillet", "Three bags of tricks"). The only male detective created by Dontsova, Ivan Podushkin, attracts special attention. His image largely reflects the female understanding of the ideal man: he is gallant, noble and does not get tired of taking care of his mother, a very eccentric woman. At the moment, 19 detective stories have been created about Podushkin, some of them have been filmed.

Alexandra Marinina

The audience of the beginning of this century probably remembers Nastya Kamenskaya - an ash blonde who drinks a lot of coffee, does not like to cook, does not wear makeup at all. But he knows several languages and just loves to catch criminals. This colorful character owes its creation to Alexandra Marinina, another honorary member of the Russian Detective Writers Club. ListThe novels in which Kamenskaya acts are quite extensive - enough for 6 seasons of the television series! Anastasia appears in the novel "Coincidence", in order to then successfully act in other detective stories ("Playing in a foreign field", "Death for the sake of death", "Posthumous image" …).

Tatiana Ustinova

Ustinova was one of the first to start writing Russian detective stories. The list of her works, however, is not limited to detective novels (“Thunderstorm over the sea” is an example of this genre in her work). The writer manages to combine bloody crimes with a melodramatic background, the heroes solving their own love conflicts. This violates one of the 20 commandments given by Stephen Van Dyne - so be it.

Andrey Konstantinov

And again an example from the movie. The viewer of the beginning of the “zero” must remember the gloomy saga “Gangster Petersburg” about the elusive Antibiotic and the brave journalist played by Domogarov. Its creator was Andrey Konstantinov, a journalist and translator. He decides to increase the list of Russian detectives with his creations in the mid-90s, publishing the novels "Lawyer" and "Journalist", after which other detectives followed. It is also necessary to note the art project "Golden Bullet Agency", carried out by the writer.

Natalia Solntseva

Mystical plot twists also includes a Russian detective story. List of works by authors who tried to combine the disclosure process in their bookscrimes with unrealistic events, crowned by Natalia Solntseva. According to the author, she wrote her first novel ("Golden Threads") in 2000, and before that she had written practically nothing. Her works are not ordinary Russian detective stories. The list of the main actors of her creations is made up of artifacts that have a supernatural influence on the fate of their owners. How such an impact could turn out is exactly what Natalya wants to explain in her novels (“What is the dream of blood”, “Mantle with Golden Bees”, “Etruscan Mirror” and others).