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V respektabelʹnoĭ chastnoĭ shkole dli͡a malʹchikov soversheno dvoĭnoe ubiĭstvo: kto-to zastrelil molodogo uchiteli͡a Somersa i protezhirovavshego ego Lava. Polit͡sii͡a v nedoumenii, osobenno kogda vyi͡asni͡aetsi͡a, chto na sledui͡ushchiĭ denʹ v sosedneĭ derevushke ubita pozhilai͡a vdova missis Blaĭ. Professor Fen, pomogai͡ushchiĭ polit͡sii vesti rassledovanie, podozrevaet, chto vse ėti tri ubiĭstva tesno svi͡azany, bolee togo, prichiny sluchivshegosi͡a sleduet iskatʹ v starinnykh bumagakh, kotorye missis Blaĭ nashla v svoem dome vo vremi͡a remonta…. "Li͡ubovʹ pokoitsi͡a v krovi" - klassicheskiĭ detektiv Ėdmunda Krispina, mastera Zolotogo veka zhanra, chʹe tvorchestvo vysoko t͡senili priznannye avtoritety: F. D. Dzheĭms nazyvala ego odnim iz svoikh li͡ubimykh pisateleĭ, a gazeta "Taĭms" sravnivala s Agatoĭ Kristi po originalʹnosti si͡uzhetov i s P. G. Vudkhausom - po i͡umoru. - Roman voshel v spisok "100 luchshikh detektivov KhKh veka" po versii Britanskoĭ assot͡siat͡sii pisateleĭ-kriminalistov, chto podtverzhdaet ego znachimostʹ v istorii zhanra. - Deĭstvie razvorachivaetsi͡a v respektabelʹnoĭ chastnoĭ shkole dli͡a malʹchikov i sosedneĭ derevne - na pervyĭ vzgli͡ad, mirnye lokat͡sii stanovi͡atsi͡a st͡senoĭ dli͡a troĭnogo ubiĭstva, gde kazhdoe prestuplenie tesno svi͡azano s predydushchim. - Rassledovanie vedet professor Fen - kharizmatichnyĭ syshchik, chʹi metody sochetai͡ut logiku, nabli͡udatelʹnostʹ i intuit͡sii͡u; imenno on obnaruzhivaet svi͡azʹ mezhdu ubiĭstvami i starinnymi bumagami, naĭdennymi v dome ubitoĭ missis Blaĭ. - Ėdmund Krispin (psevdonim kompozitora Roberta Bri͡usa Montgomeri) sozdal vsego devi͡atʹ romanov i dva sbornika rasskazov, no kazhdyĭ iz nikh stal sobytiem v mire detektiva. Ego stilʹ otlichaet izi͡ashchnyĭ i͡umor, slozhnai͡a intriga i bezuprechnai͡a kompozit͡sii͡a. - Stilʹnoe izdanie serii "Klassicheskiĭ detektiv" stanet otlichnym ėkzempli͡arom v kollekt͡sii͡u t͡seniteli͡a zhanra.

In a respectable private boys' school, a double murder has been committed: someone shot dead a young Somers teacher and a Lava who was protecting him. The police are perplexed, especially when it turns out that an elderly widow, Mrs. Bly, was murdered the next day in a nearby village. Professor Feng, who is helping the police with the investigation, suspects that all three murders are closely related, moreover, the reasons for what happened should be looked for in the old papers that Mrs. Bly found in her house during renovation.... "Love Rests in Blood" is a classic detective story by Edmund Crispin, a master of the Golden Age of the genre, whose work was highly appreciated by recognized authorities: F. D. James called him one of her favorite writers, and the Times newspaper compared him to Agatha Christie for the originality of the plots and with P. G. Woodhouse for humor. – The novel was included in the list of the "100 best detectives of the twentieth century" according to the British Association of Crime Writers, which confirms its importance in the history of the genre. – The action takes place in a respectable private school for boys and a neighboring village — at first glance, peaceful locations become the scene for a triple murder, where each crime is closely linked to the previous one. – The investigation is led by Professor Feng, a charismatic detective whose methods combine logic, observation and intuition; it is he who discovers the connection between the murders and the ancient papers found in the house of the murdered Mrs. Bly. – Edmund Crispin (the pseudonym of composer Robert Bruce Montgomery) created only nine novels and two collections of short stories, but each of them became an event in the world of detective fiction. His style is distinguished by elegant humor, complex intrigue and impeccable composition. – The stylish edition of the Classic Detective series will be an excellent example in the collection of a connoisseur of the genre.