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The new book of the most fashionable author of retro-detectives Nikolai Svechin, the most popular in the genre. The book is part of a series of works about detective Alexei Lykov and is the 34th, but it can be read as an independent work.
The book consists of five novellas that take the reader back to the time of the young Lykov and the still living Blagovo. Absolutely creepy mysterious incidents from one of the most popular authors of historical detectives, the winner of the award "Russian Detective" Nikolai Svechin. In the spring of 1884, the dark, heavy ice came off the Neva late. The chilly damp wind began to nail ugly swollen corpses to the banks and shoals. This time there were a monstrous number of them. However, the St. Petersburg police quickly and without a shadow of a doubt found reasons: drowning by negligence, or in an alcoholic state, or in unconsciousness. Accidents, what can you do... Pavel Afanasyevich Blagovo, vice-director of the Police Department, does not agree with the official point of view. Together with Alexei Lykov, he seeks permission for a second autopsy of the body of a certain innkeeper Ostashkov, who drunkenly allegedly fell into the river. The results of the analysis of water in the lungs of the deceased stun Blagovo....
The book consists of five novellas that take the reader back to the time of the young Lykov and the still living Blagovo. Absolutely creepy mysterious incidents from one of the most popular authors of historical detectives, the winner of the award "Russian Detective" Nikolai Svechin. In the spring of 1884, the dark, heavy ice came off the Neva late. The chilly damp wind began to nail ugly swollen corpses to the banks and shoals. This time there were a monstrous number of them. However, the St. Petersburg police quickly and without a shadow of a doubt found reasons: drowning by negligence, or in an alcoholic state, or in unconsciousness. Accidents, what can you do... Pavel Afanasyevich Blagovo, vice-director of the Police Department, does not agree with the official point of view. Together with Alexei Lykov, he seeks permission for a second autopsy of the body of a certain innkeeper Ostashkov, who drunkenly allegedly fell into the river. The results of the analysis of water in the lungs of the deceased stun Blagovo....
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Historical Detectives by Nikolai Svechin