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A Gentle Axe
By R.N. Morris
St Petersburg in the Winter of 1866. Two frozen bodies are found in Petrovsky Park. The first—that of a dwarf—has been packed neatly in a suitcase, a deep wound splitting his skull in two. The second body, of a burly peasant, is hanging from a nearby tree, a bloody axe tucked into his belt. Magistrate Porfiry Petrovich—investigating his first murder case since the homicides recorded in Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'—suspects the truth may be more complex than others wish him to believe.
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