Пончиковый легион

U Charli Garnera durnoe predchuvstvie. Ego byvshai͡a zhena Mėg i ee novyĭ muzh propali. Sosedi predpolagai͡ut, chto para sbezhala ot kreditorov, odnako Charli podozrevaet, chto vse ne tak prosto. V poslednee vremi͡a Mėg rabotala v mestnoĭ ponchikovoĭ, kotoroĭ zapravli͡aet "Narod tarelok" - sekta, veri͡ashchai͡a, chto ikh gorod vot-vot stanet mestom prizemlenii͡a kosmicheskogo flota prishelʹt͡sev. Kazalosʹ by, bezobidnye fantazii, no instinkt byvshego polit͡seĭskogo podskazyvaet Charli: s ėtoĭ organizat͡sieĭ delo nechisto. Vmeste s bratom-detektivom Feliksom i ocharovatelʹnoĭ i͡unoĭ zhurnalistkoĭ Charli nachinaet sobstvennoe rassledovanie. I postepenno uznaet o svoem malenʹkom tekhasskom gorodke mnogo neozhidannogo. Sklady, zabitye oruzhiem, shef polit͡sii - sektant, ruchnoĭ shimpanze-ubiĭt͡sa… A vedʹ, pokhozhe, ėto eshche tolʹko vershina aĭsberga. . "Ponchikovyĭ legion" - "krutoĭ" detektiv s ėlementami teorii zagovora i metkim ironichnym i͡umorom: ruchnoĭ shimpanze-ubiĭt͡sa, shef polit͡sii-sektant i gorod, gde pochti u kazhdogo estʹ svoi taĭny. - Roman ot laureata premiĭ Brėma Stokera i "Ėdgar", o kotorom kritiki govori͡at kak o "temnom korole sovremennoĭ detektivnoĭ literatury" i "potri͡asai͡ushche odarennom rasskazchike s metkim chuvstvom i͡umora selʹskogo parni͡a". - Dli͡a li͡ubiteleĭ dinamichnykh detektivov s atmosferoĭ malenʹkogo goroda. - V t͡sentre istorii - byvshiĭ polit͡seĭskiĭ, ego brat-detektiv i i͡unai͡a zhurnalistka: ne idealʹnye geroi, no upri͡amye, veri͡ashchie v sebi͡a li͡udi, kotorye vse ravno prodolzhai͡ut kopatʹ, dazhe kogda pravda oborachivaetsi͡a ugrozoĭ dli͡a nikh samikh. - Sekta "Narod tarelok", stoi͡ashchai͡a za obychnym ponchikovym biznesom, - ėto ne prosto ėkst͡sentrichnye li͡ubiteli NLO, a primer togo, kak naivnai͡a vera, teorii͡a zagovora i dostup k oruzhii͡u prevrashchai͡utsi͡a v smertelʹno opasnui͡u smesʹ.

Charlie Garner has a bad feeling about this. His ex-wife, Meg, and her new husband are missing. Neighbors assume that the couple ran away from creditors, but Charlie suspects that everything is not so simple. Recently, Meg has been working at a local doughnut shop run by the "People of Plates," a sect that believes their city is about to become the landing site of an alien space fleet. It would seem harmless fantasies, but the instinct of a former policeman tells Charlie that there is something wrong with this organization. Together with his detective brother Felix and a charming young journalist, Charlie begins his own investigation. And gradually he learns a lot of unexpected things about his small Texas town. Warehouses full of weapons, a sectarian police chief, a killer pet chimpanzee… But it seems that this is just the tip of the iceberg. . The Donut Legion is a "cool" detective with elements of conspiracy theory and well-aimed ironic humor: a killer pet chimpanzee, a sectarian police chief, and a city where almost everyone has their own secrets. – A novel from award-winning Bram Stoker and "Edgar," which critics describe as "the dark king of modern detective fiction" and "a stunningly gifted storyteller with a keen sense of rural humor." – For fans of dynamic detective stories with a small-town atmosphere. – At the center of the story is a former policeman, his brother, a detective, and a young journalist: Not perfect heroes, but stubborn, self-believing people who keep digging anyway, even when the truth turns into a threat to themselves. – The "People of Plates" sect, which is behind the usual doughnut business, is not just eccentric UFO lovers, but an example of how naive faith, conspiracy theory and access to weapons turn into a deadly mix.