Red Tie, Black Forest
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Red Tie, Black Forest
9.99 €
A gripping retro detective story, imbued with a disturbing atmosphere and the spirit of the times.
June 1975. Western Ukraine. A pioneer camp in the remote Carpathian forests.
After an evening check, three boys disappear. Their belongings are still there, their beds untouched, as if they'd gone out for a minute and never returned. The camp is closed, guarded, for the children of high-ranking parents, and so the authorities ask only one thing: silence. But the more they demand, the more clearly the lies become apparent.
Investigator Tumansky arrives from Moscow as part of an operational team. He immediately sees that the director is concerned not for his charges, but for his career, but he is not the most important figure in the camp. The most important figure is senior counselor Nikifor Guz, nicknamed John: round glasses, an inscrutable face, and a power that is based not on position but on fear and the habit of obedience. Expert Graiva feels a strange boy, very similar to this counselor, looming in the depths of her memory from the distant past. She's not sure it's really him, but she doesn't have time to find out.
At dawn, Nikifor is found hanging from an oak tree in the forest. It looks like a suicide. But an examination reveals he was hanged after he was already dead.
Tumansky understands: the children's disappearance and John's death are linked by a secret, one the adults are hiding too carefully. The question is what people are willing to pay to ensure no one ever learns the truth.
June 1975. Western Ukraine. A pioneer camp in the remote Carpathian forests.
After an evening check, three boys disappear. Their belongings are still there, their beds untouched, as if they'd gone out for a minute and never returned. The camp is closed, guarded, for the children of high-ranking parents, and so the authorities ask only one thing: silence. But the more they demand, the more clearly the lies become apparent.
Investigator Tumansky arrives from Moscow as part of an operational team. He immediately sees that the director is concerned not for his charges, but for his career, but he is not the most important figure in the camp. The most important figure is senior counselor Nikifor Guz, nicknamed John: round glasses, an inscrutable face, and a power that is based not on position but on fear and the habit of obedience. Expert Graiva feels a strange boy, very similar to this counselor, looming in the depths of her memory from the distant past. She's not sure it's really him, but she doesn't have time to find out.
At dawn, Nikifor is found hanging from an oak tree in the forest. It looks like a suicide. But an examination reveals he was hanged after he was already dead.
Tumansky understands: the children's disappearance and John's death are linked by a secret, one the adults are hiding too carefully. The question is what people are willing to pay to ensure no one ever learns the truth.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series The investigation has established this. Detectives of the Brezhnev era