“Gorgeous and spooky” – Audience member, 2019
“Exemplifies how successful such creative and academic collaborations can be” – Participant, 2023
Highly Commended
University of st andrews knowledge exchange and impact awards, 2019
Reviews of the Russian detective
“Move over, Dostoevsky!” – Val McDermid, 2024
“Could not be more rich or more beautiful if it tried” – The Observer
“A quirky mash-up of Tsarist nostalgia and postmodern detective noir […] with dollops of anachronistic exuberance” – Times Literary Supplement
“Perhaps the most handsome graphic novel of the year […] The mystery is engaging, but it’s the background that really seduces: mirrored corridors, snarling wolves, snowy streets and duellists in the night framed by slender trees and dark water” – The Guardian
The Russian Detective
Guardian Best BOOKS / BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL PICK 2024
“Finally! An amazing academic illustration project! – Audience member, 2019
“Changed the way I think about adaptation” – Audience member, 2019
“Inspirational … I’ve never thought that academic work could inspire the creation of more accessible work” – Audience member, 2019
“Lost Detectives: Intermedial Adaptations of Russian Crime Fiction“,
Most Read, SPRING 2024
in Adaptation 17.1 (2024)
