Гризли в белых носочках

- A byl li malʹchik? - neozhidanno proiznës pomoshchnik Podushkina Boris, posle togo kak oni vyslushali ocherednogo klienta. - Mozhet, malʹchika-to i ne bylo? Leonid Svetlov prishel k Podushkinu s prosʹboĭ razyskatʹ ego starshego brata Nikitu. Delo v tom, chto synu Leonida trebuetsi͡a peresadka kostnogo mozga, inache malʹchiku grozit smertʹ. Ni sam Svetlov, ni ego zhena ne podoshli v kachestve donorov. Delo oslozhni͡aetsi͡a tem, chto, buduchi podrostkom, Nikita… zadushil ikh tretʹego brata, mladent͡sa Fedora, posle chego ubezhal iz doma, i nikto ego bolee ne videl. No muzhchina vse-taki nadeetsi͡a, chto brat pomozhet. Vdrug Gospodʹ dast emu shans iskupitʹ vinu za ubiĭstvo Fedi? Odnogo rebënka on zhizni lishil, a vtorogo spasët! U Podushkina volosy na golove shevelilisʹ, poka on vyslushival semeĭnui͡u istorii͡u Svetlovykh. Prosto kriminalʹnyĭ roman kakoĭ-to! Podushkin s Borisom vzi͡alisʹ za poiski. I chto zhe? Oni naryli takoe, chto ni v odnom strashnom sne ne prividitsi͡a, ni v kakom romane ne opishetsi͡a. Darʹi͡a Dont͡sova - samyĭ populi͡arnyĭ i vostrebovannyĭ avtor v nasheĭ strane, li͡ubimit͡sa millionov chitateleĭ. V Rossii prodano bolee 200 millionov ėkzempli͡arov ee knig. Ee tvorchestvo napolni͡aet serdt͡sa i dushi svetom, optimizmom, radostʹi͡u, uverennostʹi͡u v zavtrashnem dne! "Dont͡sova neveroi͡atnai͡a raboti͡aga! I͡A ne znai͡u ni odnogo drugogo pisateli͡a, kotoryĭ stolʹko rabotal by. I͡A otnoshusʹ k neĭ s uvazheniem, kak k obrazt͡su pisatelʹskogo trudoli͡ubii͡a. Zhenshchiny nuzhdai͡utsi͡a v psikhologicheskoĭ podderzhke i poluchai͡ut ee ot Dont͡sovoĭ. I͡A i sama v svoe vremi͡a prochla neskolʹko romanov Dont͡sovoĭ. Ee chitai͡ut ochenʹ raznye li͡udi. I ochenʹ zani͡atye biznes-ledi, chtoby na vremi͡a vykli͡uchitʹ golovu, i domokhozi͡aĭki, u kotorykh estʹ pereryv 15-20 minut mezhdu otvesti-zabratʹ deteĭ". - Galina I͡Uzefovich, literaturnyĭ kritik

— Was there a boy? Boris Podushkin's assistant suddenly said, after they had listened to another client. "Maybe there wasn't a boy?" Leonid Svetlov came to Podushkin with a request to find his older brother Nikita. The fact is that Leonid's son needs a bone marrow transplant, otherwise the boy is in danger of death. Neither Svetlov nor his wife came up as donors. The case is complicated by the fact that, as a teenager, Nikita... strangled their third brother, baby Fedor, after which he ran away from home, and no one saw him anymore. But the man still hopes that his brother will help. What if God gives him a chance to redeem himself for the murder of Fedya? He took the life of one child, and he will save the other! Podushkin's hair was moving on his head as he listened to the Svetlov family story. It's just a crime novel of some kind! Podushkin and Boris took up the search. So what? They have found something that will not be imagined in any terrible dream, will not be described in any novel. Daria Dontsova is the most popular and sought—after author in our country, a favorite of millions of readers. More than 200 million copies of her books have been sold in Russia. Her work fills hearts and souls with light, optimism, joy, and confidence in the future! "Dontsova is an incredible hard worker! I do not know of any other writer who has worked so hard. I respect her as a model of hard work as a writer. Women need psychological support and receive it from Dontsova. I myself have read several novels by Dontsova in my time. It is read by very different people. And very busy businesswomen to turn off their heads for a while, and housewives who have a break of 15-20 minutes between taking and picking up the children." — Galina Yuzefovich, literary critic