Тайна голландских изразцов

Strannaya krazha sluchaetsya v osobnyake v Tsarskom Sele pod Sankt-Peterburgom — neyzvestnyy zabyraet tolko 20 yzraztsov flamandskoy raboty, obedynennykh odnoy temoy: ygrayushchymy detmy. Khozyayn doma, sostoyatelnyy byznesmen, ne na shutku zayntrygovan y prosyt sledovatelya s Petrovky Maryyu Karavay, blestyashche zarekomendovavshuyu sebya v delakh, svyazannykh s ystoryey y yskusstvom, zanyatsya «chastno» etym delom. V eto zhe vremya v Moskve pochty odnovremenno vspykhyvayut pozhary: odyn — v shykarnom otele «Metropol», drugoy — v ofyse na Patryarshykh. V ogne pogybayut dva cheloveka, nykak ne svyazannye mezhdu soboy, — gollandskyy turyst y stolychnyy antykvar. Y poka starshyy upolnomochennyy Andrey Yakovlev ydet po goryashchemu sledu, uvodyashchemu v uralskuyu tyurmu, gde uzhe mnogye gody otbyvaet srok pyroman y massovyy ubyytsa, Maryya Karavay otpravlyaetsya v Bryugge y Antverpen, rassleduya obstoyatelstva zhyzny zagadochnogo semeystva XVI veka. Ny odnomu yz nykh, vprochem, ne prykhodyt v golovu, chto tayna chetyrekhvekovoy davnosty y sovremennye smerty v ogne mogut byt zvenyamy odnoy tsepy…Detektyvy Dary Dezombre otlychaet nalychye tonkoy yntrygy, mystycheskykh tayn y detalnogo ekskursa v ystoryyu, kulturu y yskusstvo. Nad kazhdoy novoy knygoy Dezombre rabotaet kropotlyvo. Vossozdavaya proshloe, ona chytaet memuary, provodyt mnogo chasov v byblyotekakh y muzeyakh, sobyraet fotografyy odezhdy y predmetov proshlykh epokh yz semeynykh albomov y 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.