The most terrible things don't happen in a dark alley... December 1902. The wife and eldest daughter of a famous Austrian brewer were brutally murdered in their own home in Khamovniki. The younger daughter, who was injured, managed to be taken to the hospital. The murder weapon was also found in the kitchen, a bloody cleaver. The suspicion of the police falls on the person who first discovered the bodies and, possibly, knew about the cash banknotes stored in the cache, which disappeared. However, there was no direct evidence against the suspect during the investigation. The case had to be suspended… A year later, the judicial investigator Ivan Volovtsov revealed previously unknown circumstances of the incident. This forced the calmed-down society to relive this tragedy with renewed vigor.…A historical crime novel about the beginning of the last century. The author immerses himself in the atmosphere of that time so fascinatingly that we literally hear the rumble of the pavement, the noise of the city bazaar, the ringing of bells and the shrill whistles of the policemen.…