Убийство в книжном

"Ubiĭstvo v knizhnom" - pervai͡a iz shesti knig istoricheskoĭ detektivnoĭ serii "Rassledui͡ut miss Merrill i tetushka Vaĭolet".London, 1915 god. V razgare Pervai͡a mirovai͡a. Poteri͡avshai͡a na voĭne zhenikha Khanna Merrill upravli͡aet prinadlezhashchim ee tete knizhnym magazinom. Odnazhdy utrom, pridi͡a na rabotu, ona nakhodit v kresle chitalʹnogo ugolka telo svoeĭ luchsheĭ podrugi Lili-Ėnn s kant͡seli͡arskim nozhom v grudi.Ponimai͡a, chto stanet glavnoĭ podozrevaemoĭ, - vedʹ nozh prinadlezhit eĭ, i ne nadei͡asʹ na polit͡sii͡u, Khanna reshaet nachatʹ svoe rassledovanie. Ona obrashchaetsi͡a za pomoshchʹi͡u k svoeĭ ėkst͡sentrichnoĭ tetushke Vaĭolet, rasschityvai͡a na ee obshirnye svi͡azi v obshchestve.Podozritelʹnoe povedenie muzha Lili-Ėnn, ischeznovenie byvshego upravli͡ai͡ushchego magazinom, obnaruzhennyĭ taĭnik s sekretnym poslaniem na nemet͡skom i mnozhestvo voprosov, na kotorye nikto ne zhelaet otvechatʹ…Shag za shagom Khanna i Vaĭolet priblizhai͡utsi͡a k razgadke. No kogda ubivai͡ut ikh glavnogo podozrevaemogo, Khanna ponimaet, chto sledui͡ushcheĭ zhertvoĭ mozhet okazatʹsi͡a ona…Zakhvatyvai͡ushchiĭ istoricheskiĭ detektiv v tradit͡sii͡akh proizvedeniĭ Agaty Kristi.

Murder in the Bookstore is the first of six books in the historical detective series "Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet are Investigating."London, 1915. The First World War is in full swing. Hannah Merrill, who lost her fiance in the war, runs a bookstore owned by her aunt. One morning, when she arrives at work, she finds the body of her best friend Lily-Ann in the armchair of the reading corner with a stationery knife in her chest.Realizing that she will become the main suspect, because the knife belongs to her, and not relying on the police, Hannah decides to start her own investigation. She turns to her eccentric Aunt Violet for help, relying on her extensive social connections.The suspicious behavior of Lily-Ann's husband, the disappearance of the former store manager, the discovery of a secret stash with a secret message in German and many questions that no one wants to answer ... Step by step, Hannah and Violet are getting closer to solving. But when their main suspect is killed, Hannah realizes that she may be the next victim... an exciting historical detective in the tradition of Agatha Christie's works.