Всё в дыму, убийц не видно

V 1605 godu provalilsi͡a Porokhovoĭ zagovor protiv koroli͡a i parlamenta, i s tekh por v Velikobritanii ezhegodno 5 noi͡abri͡a otmechai͡ut Nochʹ kostrov. Osobyĭ razmakh prazdnovanie priobretaet v gorode Lʹi͡uise, gde v ėtu nochʹ takzhe pochitai͡ut pami͡atʹ semnadt͡sati protestantskikh muchenikov, sozhzhennykh v 1555-1557 godakh.<br><br>V ėtom godu Nochʹ kostrov v Lʹi͡uise udalasʹ by na slavu, esli by vse ne isportil trup. Na glazakh u tysi͡ach uchastnikov fakelʹnogo shestvii͡a iz golovy sgorevshego chuchela Donalʹda Trampa vykatilsi͡a nastoi͡ashchiĭ chelovecheskiĭ cherep.<br><br>Nikto ne znaet, kak vnutri chuchela okazalisʹ ostanki chlena munit͡sipalʹnogo soveta. Po gorodu raspolzai͡utsi͡a slukhi. Glavnyĭ podozrevaemyĭ, zhelai͡a vosstanovitʹ svoe dobroe imi͡a, obrashchaetsi͡a za pomoshchʹi͡u k sotrudnit͡se polit͡sii Tėss Foks. U nee estʹ sestra Sara Dzheĭkobs, aferistka po nature, nadelennai͡a talantom raskryvatʹ prestuplenii͡a. Ėtot neobyknovennyĭ duėt uzhe vystupil s bleskom v romane "Tuz, dama, smertʹ", i teperʹ emu predstoit novoe rassledovanie.<br><br>Vpervye na russkom!

In 1605, the Gunpowder Plot against the king and Parliament failed, and since then, Bonfire Night has been celebrated annually in Great Britain on November 5. The celebration takes on a special scale in the city of Lewis, where on this night the memory of the seventeen Protestant martyrs burned in 1555-1557 is also honored.

Bonfire Night in Lewis would have been a great success this year if the corpse hadn't ruined everything. In front of thousands of participants of the torchlight procession, a real human skull rolled out of the head of the burnt effigy of Donald Trump.

No one knows how the remains of a municipal council member ended up inside the effigy. Rumors are spreading around the city. The main suspect, wanting to restore his good name, turns to police officer Tess Fox for help. She has a sister, Sarah Jacobs, a con artist by nature, endowed with a talent for solving crimes. This extraordinary duo has already performed brilliantly in the novel "Ace, Queen, Death," and now he faces a new investigation.

For the first time in Russian!