Provincial Glow
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This fire illuminated the darkest corners.
Forensic investigator Ivan Fedorovich Volovtsov goes on vacation to Ryazan, to visit his beloved aunt. But instead of a long-awaited rest, he finds himself involved in tragic events. A friend of the aunt, a harmless old lady named Marya Kokoshina, burned alive. The local police consider it an accident. However, Volovtsov sees a different picture of the incident. On the night of the fire, neighbors saw a stranger entering the house through the back door. In addition, the body of the deceased is lying too neatly. And finally, an expensive watch and interest papers for a large sum disappeared from the old woman's room. Everything points to the criminal nature of the incident. Soon the detective's suspicions are reinforced by another strange event...
A historical detective story about a crime from the beginning of the last century. The author immerses us in the atmosphere of that time so captivatingly that we literally hear the rumble of the pavement, the noise of the city market, the ringing of bells and the shrill whistles of the policemen...
Forensic investigator Ivan Fedorovich Volovtsov goes on vacation to Ryazan, to visit his beloved aunt. But instead of a long-awaited rest, he finds himself involved in tragic events. A friend of the aunt, a harmless old lady named Marya Kokoshina, burned alive. The local police consider it an accident. However, Volovtsov sees a different picture of the incident. On the night of the fire, neighbors saw a stranger entering the house through the back door. In addition, the body of the deceased is lying too neatly. And finally, an expensive watch and interest papers for a large sum disappeared from the old woman's room. Everything points to the criminal nature of the incident. Soon the detective's suspicions are reinforced by another strange event...
A historical detective story about a crime from the beginning of the last century. The author immerses us in the atmosphere of that time so captivatingly that we literally hear the rumble of the pavement, the noise of the city market, the ringing of bells and the shrill whistles of the policemen...
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