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Fevralʹskiĭ Denʹ vsekh vli͡ublënnykh oznamenovalsi͡a uzhasnym proisshestviem: v zapertoĭ kvartire byla obnaruzhena mërtvai͡a devushka po imeni Viktorii͡a Rykova. Eë smertʹ vri͡ad li by privlekla vnimanie, esli ne porazitelʹnye obstoi͡atelʹstva - Viktorii͡a polulezhala na krovati, odetai͡a v vozdushnoe beloe platʹe i okruzhënnai͡a shestʹi͡u nari͡adnymi kuklami. Vsë govorilo o tom, chto neschastnai͡a pokonchila s soboĭ, i ėto podtverzhdal dnevnik Viki, gde ona podrobno opisala denʹ, chas i obstoi͡atelʹstva svoeĭ budushcheĭ smerti. Sledstvie skloni͡alosʹ k versii samoubiĭstva, no maĭor Feliks Verbin imel drugoe mnenie. On schital, chto u devushki ne bylo prichin dobrovolʹno rasstatʹsi͡a s zhiznʹi͡u, k tomu zhe iz-za strashnykh videniĭ Vika izbegala kukol, tak otkuda zhe vzi͡alisʹ te, kotorye sideli vokrug nee na smertnom lozhe? Kto ikh kupil? Za chto nado bylo ubivatʹ krasivui͡u molodui͡u devushku? Komu mogla nasolitʹ i͡unai͡a studentochka? Chto zhe na samom dele proizoshlo v ee kvartire v Denʹ svi͡atogo Valentina?Na vse ėti voprosy vzi͡alsi͡a otvetitʹ starshiĭ operupolnomochennyĭ maĭor Verbin - chelovek, obladai͡ushchiĭ osobym darom zadavatʹ nuzhnym li͡udi͡am nuzhnye voprosy…

February Valentine's Day was marked by a terrible incident: a dead girl named Victoria Rykova was found in a locked apartment. Her death would hardly have attracted attention, if not for the amazing circumstances — Victoria was reclining on a bed, dressed in an airy white dress and surrounded by six elegant dolls. Everything indicated that the unfortunate woman had committed suicide, and this was confirmed by Vicky's diary, where she described in detail the day, hour and circumstances of her future death. The investigation was leaning towards the suicide version, but Major Felix Verbin had a different opinion. He believed that the girl had no reason to voluntarily give up her life, besides, because of the terrible visions, Vika avoided dolls, so where did those who sat around her on her deathbed come from? Who bought them? Why was it necessary to kill a beautiful young girl? Who could a young student annoy? What really happened in her apartment on Valentine's Day?Senior operative Major Verbin undertook to answer all these questions — a man with a special gift for asking the right people the right questions…