Призрак небесного Иерусалима

Mertvet͡sy vsplyvai͡ut v Moskve-reke; sidi͡at, prislonivshisʹ k drevneĭ stene Kutafʹeĭ bashni; lezhat, chetvertovannye, na skameechke v Kolomenskom. . . Neschastnye byli ubity zhutkimi srednevekovymi sposobami, a v chem ikh vina - znaet tolʹko ubiĭt͡sa. Manʹi͡ak, stavi͡ashchiĭ odnu za drugoĭ krovavye metki v t͡sentre stolit͡sy, budto vykladyvaet zhutkiĭ pazl. Po strashnomu sledu idet para s Petrovki: blatnai͡a stazherka, vypusknit͡sa MGU, s detstva pomeshannai͡a na manʹi͡akakh, i opytnyĭ syskarʹ, okonchivshiĭ provint͡sialʹnui͡u shkolu milit͡sii. Ėti dvoe terpetʹ ne mogut drug druga, no idealʹno drug druga dopolni͡ai͡ut. Tolʹko im pod silu rasshifrovatʹ rebus, sostavlennyĭ ubiĭt͡seĭ i ukhodi͡ashchiĭ svoimi korni͡ami v drevni͡ui͡u Moskvu, v starye raskolʹnichʹi teksty, v simvoliku Svi͡atogo Pisanii͡a. Psikhologicheskiĭ triller, polnyĭ neozhidannykh povorotov, pogruzhaet v atmosferu shumnogo megapolisa, v kotorom zhestokiĭ ubiĭt͡sa vytaskivaet na poverkhnostʹ drevnie poroki stolit͡sy, ee strashnye taĭny i misticheskui͡u simvoliku, zashifrovannui͡u v khaotichnom spletenii starykh ulit͡s, pereulkov i ploshchadeĭ. . . 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 i zhurnalov.

The dead float up in the Moskva River; they sit leaning against the ancient wall of the Kutafia Tower; they lie quartered on a bench in Kolomenskoye . . . The unfortunate people were killed in terrible medieval ways, and only the killer knows what their fault is. A maniac who puts one after another bloody marks in the center of the capital, as if laying out a terrible puzzle. A couple from Petrovka is following a terrible trail: a thug intern, a graduate of Moscow State University, who has been obsessed with maniacs since childhood, and an experienced detective who graduated from a provincial militia school. These two can't stand each other, but they complement each other perfectly. Only they can decipher the riddle compiled by the murderer and rooted in ancient Moscow, in old schismatic texts, in the symbolism of Holy Scripture. The psychological thriller, full of unexpected twists, immerses in the atmosphere of a bustling metropolis, in which a brutal killer brings to the surface the ancient vices of the capital, its terrible secrets and mystical symbols, encrypted in a chaotic tangle of old streets, alleys and squares. 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.