Villain in Love
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The truth is always hidden in the details. Justice takes time...
Investigator for especially important cases Ivan Fedorovich Volovtsov is sent to Nizhny Novgorod to investigate the crimes of retired lieutenant Skarabeev. He is accused of attempting to kill Yulia Borkovskaya, the daughter of the director of the cadet corps. Having failed to achieve reciprocal feelings with persistent letters, the impudent man treacherously entered her room one night and inflicted multiple wounds on the girl with a knife. The evidence, the testimony of witnesses and the victim herself - everything speaks against Skarabeev. The lieutenant is dismissed from service and taken into custody.
However, the presented case materials seem too... theatrical to Volovtsov. He is sure that this "drama" has another ending, in which a much more subtle and sophisticated performer claims the role of the villain...
A historical detective story about a crime from the beginning of the last century. The author so captivatingly immerses us in the atmosphere of that time 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...
Investigator for especially important cases Ivan Fedorovich Volovtsov is sent to Nizhny Novgorod to investigate the crimes of retired lieutenant Skarabeev. He is accused of attempting to kill Yulia Borkovskaya, the daughter of the director of the cadet corps. Having failed to achieve reciprocal feelings with persistent letters, the impudent man treacherously entered her room one night and inflicted multiple wounds on the girl with a knife. The evidence, the testimony of witnesses and the victim herself - everything speaks against Skarabeev. The lieutenant is dismissed from service and taken into custody.
However, the presented case materials seem too... theatrical to Volovtsov. He is sure that this "drama" has another ending, in which a much more subtle and sophisticated performer claims the role of the villain...
A historical detective story about a crime from the beginning of the last century. The author so captivatingly immerses us in the atmosphere of that time 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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