Неизбежное зло

Vtoroĭ roman iz detektivnogo t͡sikla pro kapitana Uindema i serzhanta Nesokrushima, rassledui͡ushchikh prestuplenii͡a v Kalʹkutte nachala XX veka.Indii͡a, 1920 god. Kapitanu Sėmu Uindemu i serzhantu Banerdzhi po prozvishchu Nesokrushim predstoit rassledovatʹ ubiĭstvo syna makharadzhi. Sėm Uindem nanosit ofit͡sialʹnyĭ vizit v korolevstvo Sambalpur, gde nakhodi͡atsi͡a almaznye rudniki i prekrasnyĭ Dvoret͡s Solnt͡sa. Kogda ubivai͡ut starshego syna i naslednika makharadzhi, Uindem ponimaet, chto kroshechnoe korolevstvo razdirai͡ut konflikty. Ubityĭ print͡s Adir byl nepopuli͡aren sredi religioznykh grupp, v to vremi͡a kak ego brat - teperʹ pervyĭ v ocheredi na tron - kazhetsi͡a ni na chto ne sposobnym legkomyslennym shchegolem.Pytai͡asʹ razgadatʹ taĭnu smerti print͡sa, Uindem i serzhant Nesokrushim okazyvai͡utsi͡a v nastoi͡ashcheĭ pautine, oputavsheĭ vladenii͡a makharadzhi. Zheny makharadzhi, ego nalozhnit͡sy, evnukhi, ikh okhrani͡ai͡ushchie, ministry, britanskie chinovniki - gde-to sredi nikh skryvaetsi͡a ubiĭt͡sa, i syshchiki dolzhny naĭti ego prezhde, chem on otkroet okhotu na nikh samikh.

The second novel from the detective series about Captain Wyndham and Sergeant Indestructible investigating crimes in Calcutta at the beginning of the XX century.India, 1920. Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee, nicknamed the Indestructible, will investigate the murder of the Maharaja's son. Sam Wyndham pays an official visit to the kingdom of Sambalpur, where there are diamond mines and a beautiful Palace of the Sun. When the maharaja's eldest son and heir is killed, Wyndham realizes that the tiny kingdom is torn apart by conflicts. The murdered Prince Adir was unpopular among religious groups, while his brother — now the first in line to the throne — seems to be a frivolous fop capable of anything.Trying to solve the mystery of the prince's death, Wyndham and Sergeant Indestructible find themselves in a real web that has entangled the maharaja's possessions. The maharaja's wives, his concubines, eunuchs, their guards, ministers, British officials — somewhere among them there is a murderer hiding, and detectives must find him before he opens the hunt for them.