Boriss Akunin „Azazel“
and sees Akhtyrtsev again. Akhtyrtsev and Fandorin leave Amalia's house together to go drinking, and Akhtyrtsev reveals to
Fandorin that the Russian roulette game between him and Kokorin was Bezhetskaya's idea. Just as the mystery of Kokorin's
suicide seems to be solved, a mysterious white-eyed assassin stabs Akhtyrstev to death and tries to kill Fandorin, only to fail
when his knife bounces off the corset Fandorin is wearing. As he kills Akhtyrtsev, the white-eyed man hisses one word:
"Azazel".
The murder of Akhtyrtsev brings a great deal of attention to what had seemed a routine case. Fandorin gets a new boss, Ivan
Brilling, a sophisticated detective familiar with modern investigative techniques. Brilling believes that the murder is the work
of a terrorist organization called "Azazel" that is operating in Moscow. He sends Fandorin off to interview Lady Astair,
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