Тайна голландских изразцов

Strannai͡a krazha sluchaetsi͡a v osobni͡ake v T͡Sarskom Sele pod Sankt-Peterburgom - neizvestnyĭ zabiraet tolʹko 20 izrazt͡sov flamandskoĭ raboty, obʺedinennykh odnoĭ temoĭ: igrai͡ushchimi detʹmi. Khozi͡ain doma, sostoi͡atelʹnyĭ biznesmen, ne na shutku zaintrigovan i prosit sledovateli͡a s Petrovki Marii͡u Karavaĭ, blesti͡ashche zarekomendovavshui͡u sebi͡a v delakh, svi͡azannykh s istorieĭ i iskusstvom, zani͡atʹsi͡a "chastno" ėtim delom. V ėto zhe vremi͡a v Moskve pochti odnovremenno vspykhivai͡ut pozhary: odin - v shikarnom otele "Metropolʹ", drugoĭ - v ofise na Patriarshikh. V ogne pogibai͡ut dva cheloveka, nikak ne svi͡azannye mezhdu soboĭ, - gollandskiĭ turist i stolichnyĭ antikvar. I poka starshiĭ upolnomochennyĭ Andreĭ I͡Akovlev idet po gori͡ashchemu sledu, uvodi͡ashchemu v uralʹskui͡u ti͡urʹmu, gde uzhe mnogie gody otbyvaet srok piroman i massovyĭ ubiĭt͡sa, Marii͡a Karavaĭ otpravli͡aetsi͡a v Bri͡ugge i Antverpen, rassledui͡a obstoi͡atelʹstva zhizni zagadochnogo semeĭstva XVI veka. Ni odnomu iz nikh, vprochem, ne prikhodit v golovu, chto taĭna chetyrekhvekovoĭ davnosti i sovremennye smerti v ogne mogut bytʹ zvenʹi͡ami odnoĭ t͡sepi…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.

A strange theft happens in a mansion in Tsarskoye Selo near St. Petersburg — an unknown person takes only 20 Flemish tiles united by one theme: children playing. The owner of the house, a wealthy businessman, is seriously intrigued and asks Maria Karavai, an investigator from Petrovka, who has proven herself brilliantly in matters related to history and art, to take up this case "privately". At the same time, fires break out in Moscow almost simultaneously: one in the luxury Metropol Hotel, the other in the office on Patriarchs. Two unrelated people die in the fire — a Dutch tourist and an antique dealer from the capital. And while senior commissioner Andrei Yakovlev is following a burning trail leading to the Ural prison, where a pyromaniac and mass murderer has been serving time for many years, Maria Karavai goes to Bruges and Antwerp, investigating the circumstances of the life of a mysterious family of the XVI century. However, it does not occur to any of them that the mystery of four centuries ago and modern deaths in flames can be links in the same chain ... 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.