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A hilarious spoof on the classic country-house murder mystery, from the Russian masters of sci-fi�never before translated � When Inspector Peter Glebsky arrives at the remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in any police work. He�s there to ski, drink brandy, and loaf around in blissful solitude. � But he hadn�t counted on the other vacationers, an eccentric bunch including a famous hypnotist, a physicist with a penchant for gymnastic feats, a sulky teenager of indeterminate gender, and the mysterious Mr. and Mrs. Moses. And as the chalet fills up, strange things start happening�things that seem to indicate the presence of another, unseen guest. Is there a ghost on the premises? A prankster? Something more sinister? And then an avalanche blocks the mountain pass, and they�re stuck. � Which is just about when they find the corpse. Meaning that Glebksy�s vacation is over and he�s embarked on the most unusual investigation he�s ever been involved with. In fact, the further he looks into it, the more Glebsky realizes that the victim may not even be human. � In this late novel from the legendary Russian sci-fi duo�here in its first-ever English translation�the Strugatskys gleefully upend the plot of many a Hercule Poirot mystery�and the result is much funnier, and much stranger, than anything Agatha Christie ever wrote.From the Trade Paperback edition. (less)

A hilarious spoof on the classic country-house murder mystery, from the Russian masters of sci-fi�never before translated � When Inspector Peter Glebsky arrives at the remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is (…more)