Dramatis personae, The Winter Queen, by Boris Akunin
A list of the characters for those who, like me, get a little confused with all the names. The Winter Queen or Azazel DRAMATIS PERSONAE Collegiate Registrar Erast Petrovich FANDORIN , a young new employee of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Police Pyotr Alexandrovich KOKORIN , a student who kills himself in the park Nikolai Stepanich AK HTYRTSEV , an acquaintance and rival of Pyotr Kokorin Elizaveta VON EVERT-KOLOKOLTSEVA , a witness to the suicide of the above Lady ASTAIR , a philanthropist who runs charitable institutions for children, including the Moscow Astair House Superintendent Xavier Feofilaktovich GRUSHIN , a senior detective of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Police Ivan Prokofievich - a "scrawny, lanky veteran" of the police Amalia Kazirimovna BEZHETSKAYA , or "Cleopatra", a sensuous dark-haired woman Count Hippolyte Alexandrovich Z UROV , a hot-head...