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V odnoĭ iz rizhskikh kvartir naĭden trup khozi͡aĭki - pozhiloĭ zhenshchiny Alidy Grube, obezobrazhennyĭ sernoĭ kislotoĭ. Vse uliki ukazyvai͡ut na byvshui͡u kvartirantku ubitoĭ, molodui͡u devushku Zentu. Alibi u nee net, zato v sumke imei͡utsi͡a dragot͡sennosti pogibsheĭ khozi͡aĭki. Odnako prokuror ne podpisyvaet obvinitelʹnoe zakli͡uchenie: v dele ne vse dokazano, i vsë ne tak prosto, kak kazhetsi͡a na pervyĭ vzgli͡ad. Sledovateli͡am prikhoditsi͡a iskatʹ novye puti v rassledovanii ėtogo neprostogo prestuplenii͡a. Nas zhdet t͡selyĭ kaskad neozhidannykh povorotov. Sled vedet v burzhuaznoe proshloe Latvii… V delo vstupaet advokat Robezhniek, kotoryĭ brosaetsi͡a v avanti͡ury, chtoby opravdatʹ Zentu i naĭti nastoi͡ashchikh prestupnikov. Po ėtoĭ ostroumnoĭ detektivnoĭ povesti mozhno izuchatʹ byt sovetskoĭ Pribaltiki. Chitaĭte klassicheskiĭ retro-detektiv - klassiku zhanra!

The corpse of the owner, an elderly woman named Alida Grube, disfigured by sulfuric acid, was found in one of the Riga apartments. All the evidence points to the murdered woman's former tenant, a young girl named Zenta. She has no alibi, but there are jewels of the deceased owner in the bag. However, the prosecutor does not sign the indictment: not everything has been proven in the case, and everything is not as simple as it seems at first glance. Investigators have to look for new ways to investigate this complex crime. A cascade of unexpected turns awaits us. The trail leads back to Latvia's bourgeois past… Lawyer Robezhniek steps in, who rushes into adventures to exonerate Zenta and find the real criminals. Based on this witty detective story, you can study the life of the Soviet Baltic States. Read the classic retro detective – classics of the genre!