Смертельный вкус Парижа

Predstavʹte, chto vy vrach, kazhdyĭ denʹ spasai͡ushchiĭ desi͡atki pat͡sientov ot smerti, v tom chisle posle pokushenii͡a. Vam ne vazhno, kto streli͡al v bedni͡agu, vy prosto izo vsekh sil staraetesʹ sokhranitʹ emu zhiznʹ. Chto vy budete delatʹ, esli odnazhdy spasti pat͡sienta ne udastsi͡a, a pod podozreniem v ego ubiĭstve okazhetsi͡a… vasha sobstvennai͡a zhena? V legkomyslennom Parizhe "revushchikh dvadt͡satykh", gde belogvardeĭskie polkovniki kruti͡at baranku taksi, ėmansipirovannye zhenshchiny ukorachivai͡ut i͡ubki i udlini͡ai͡ut spiski li͡ubovnikov, a antikvary torgui͡ut somnitelʹnymi shedevrami, zastrelen znamenityĭ art-diler. On umiraet pri͡amo na operat͡sionnom stole russkogo vracha Aleksandra Voronina. No samoe udivitelʹnoe, chto v gibeli antikvara obvini͡ai͡ut... suprugu doktora. Voronin nameren li͡uboĭ t͡senoĭ spasti zhenu ot gilʹotiny, no ta pochemu-to sovsem ne t͡senit ego usiliĭ. Poiski nastoi͡ashchego ubiĭt͡sy grozi͡at razrushitʹ ikh brak... Short-list premii "Russkiĭ detektiv" v nominat͡sii "Otkrytie goda".

Imagine that you are a doctor who saves dozens of patients from death every day, including after an assassination attempt. You don't care who shot the poor guy, you're just trying your best to keep him alive. What will you do if one day you fail to save the patient, and your own wife turns out to be under suspicion of his murder? In the frivolous Paris of the "roaring twenties", where White Guard colonels turn the steering wheel of a taxi, emancipated women shorten skirts and lengthen lists of lovers, and antique dealers sell dubious masterpieces, a famous art dealer is shot. He dies right on the operating table of the Russian doctor Alexander Voronin. But the most surprising thing is that the death of the antiquarian is blamed... the doctor's wife. Voronin intends to save his wife from the guillotine at any cost, but for some reason she does not appreciate his efforts at all. The search for the real killer threatens to destroy their marriage... Shortlist of the Russian Detective Award in the "Discovery of the Year" nomination.