Anna Danilova's action—packed novels are fascinating detective stories in which the author, using psychological puzzles and complex intricacies of feelings, reveals the deep motives that drove the characters to commit crimes. Beautiful young Olga Karavaeva is found murdered right at the gate of her friend Boris' house. She wanted to surprise her lover and brought him a gift of a porcelain jaybird. But the bird statuette disappeared, and only the murder weapon, a pistol, was found near Olga's body. Evgenia Bronnikova, the wife of Boris's famous lawyer, takes over the case, and it is she who can handle such complicated cases.…