Тени старой квартиры

1959-ĭ god. V gorode Leningrade v kommunalke otravlena kem-to iz obitateleĭ kvartiry starushka - bozhiĭ oduvanchik iz "byvshikh". Togda prestupnik tak i ne byl naĭden. I vot polstoletii͡a spusti͡a Marii͡a Karavaĭ beretsi͡a za rassledovanie starogo ubiĭstva. Violonchelistka s mirovym imenem Ksenii͡a Averint͡seva pokupaet kvartiru s vidom na kanal Griboedova. Uznav ob ėtom, ee babka umiraet ot serdechnogo pristupa. Po rokovomu sovpadenii͡u ona zhila v toĭ staroĭ kvartire i byla podozrevaemoĭ po tak i ne raskrytomu delu. No Ksenii͡a ne mozhet poveritʹ, chto ee babushka - ubiĭt͡sa. Ona prosit Marii͡u Karavaĭ o pomoshchi, i ta soglashaetsi͡a. Postepenno razgadyvai͡a sekrety zhiteleĭ kommunalki, Masha s Ksenieĭ priblizhai͡utsi͡a k glavnoĭ taĭne, smertelʹno opasnoĭ i dli͡a nyne zhivushchikh. Istorii͡a, nachavshai͡asi͡a kak li͡ubitelʹskoe arkhivnoe rassledovanie, prevrashchaetsi͡a v ostrosi͡uzhetnyĭ triller. Skryvai͡asʹ v labirintakh piterskikh dvorov i na starykh fortakh bliz Kronshtadta ot presledui͡ushchego ee ubiĭt͡sy, Marii͡a Karavaĭ pytaetsi͡a po krupit͡sam otyskatʹ zateri͡annui͡u vo vremeni informat͡sii͡u. . . Detektivy Darʹi Dezombre otlichaet nalichie tonkoĭ intrigi, misticheskikh taĭn i detalʹnogo ėkskursa v istorii͡u, kulʹturu i iskusstvo. Nad kazhdoĭ novoĭ knigoĭ Dezombre rabotaet kropotlivo. Vossozdavai͡a proshloe, ona chitaet memuary, provodit mnogo chasov v bibliotekakh i muzei͡akh, sobiraet fotografii odezhdy i predmetov proshlykh ėpokh iz semeĭnykh alʹbomov, zhurnalov.

The year is 1959. In the city of Leningrad, an old lady, a dandelion of God from the "former", was poisoned by one of the apartment's inhabitants in a communal apartment. Then the culprit was never found. And now, half a century later, Maria Karavai takes up the investigation of an old murder. World-renowned cellist Ksenia Averintseva buys an apartment overlooking the Griboyedov Canal. Upon learning of this, her grandmother dies of a heart attack. By a fateful coincidence, she lived in that old apartment and was a suspect in an unsolved case. But Ksenia can't believe that her grandmother is a murderer. She asks Maria Karavai for help, and she agrees. Gradually unraveling the secrets of the communal residents, Masha and Ksenia are approaching the main mystery, which is deadly for those who live today. The story, which began as an amateur archival investigation, turns into an action-packed thriller. Hiding in the labyrinths of St. Petersburg courtyards and on the old forts near Kronstadt from the murderer who is chasing her, Maria Karavai is trying to find information lost in time bit by bit. Daria Desombre's detectives are distinguished by the presence of subtle intrigue, mystical secrets and a detailed excursion into history, culture and art. Desombre works painstakingly on each new book. Recreating the past, she reads memoirs, spends many hours in libraries and museums, and collects photographs of clothes and objects from past eras from family albums and magazines.