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Dva opasnykh i uvlekatelʹnykh dela detektiva-intellektuala Roderika Alleĭna!Zamok Serebri͡anoĭ Kozy, - obitelʹ i͡azycheskoĭ sekty nekoego mistera Oberona i ego ėkst͡sentrichnykh posledovatelʹnit͡s, - polʹzuetsi͡a v gorakh Frant͡suzskoĭ Rivʹery durnoĭ slavoĭ. Odnako Roderik Alleĭn imeet vse osnovanii͡a podozrevatʹ, chto tam proiskhodi͡at veshchi gorazdo opasnee samodelʹnykh ritualov, shchedro pripravlennykh orgii͡ami. I deĭstvitelʹno: eshche ne popav vnutrʹ zamka, on sobstvennymi glazami vidit ubiĭstvo zhenshchiny...Koloritnai͡a derevushka v angliĭskoĭ glushi vekami chtit svoi tradit͡sii, glavnai͡a iz kotorykh - drevniĭ i krasochnyĭ ritual 'kazni Zimy', prazdnuemyĭ v nochʹ Zimnego Solnt͡sestoi͡anii͡a. Odnako tradit͡sii tradit͡sii͡ami, no kogda ispolniteli͡a roli Zimy v samom dele nakhodi͡at obezglavlennym pri pomoshchi ritualʹnogo mecha, - ėto stanovitsi͡a chereschur dli͡a mestnoĭ polit͡sii. V igru vstupaet superintendant Roderik Alleĭn - neprevzoĭdennyĭ spet͡sialist po raskrytii͡u prestupleniĭ, v kotorykh vse ne tak, kak kazhetsi͡a na pervyĭ vzgli͡ad...

Two dangerous and fascinating cases of intellectual detective Roderick Alleyn!The Castle of the Silver Goat, the abode of the pagan sect of a certain Mr. Oberon and his eccentric followers, is notorious in the mountains of the French Riviera. However, Roderick Alleyn has every reason to suspect that there are things going on there that are far more dangerous than homemade rituals, lavishly seasoned with orgies. And indeed, even before he gets inside the castle, he sees with his own eyes the murder of a woman...A picturesque village in the English wilderness has been honoring its traditions for centuries, the main of which is the ancient and colorful ritual of the 'execution of Winter', celebrated on the night of the Winter Solstice. However, tradition is tradition, but when the performer of the role of Winter is actually found decapitated with a ritual sword, it becomes too much for the local police. Superintendent Roderick Alleyn comes into play — a consummate specialist in solving crimes in which everything is not as it seems at first glance...