The Filanovsky twin brothers had never seen their parents, who died early. They were raised by their grandmother and aunt. And they were raised by successful, energetic people. Ever since figure skating, they still have a "sense of ice" that allows them to keep their balance in the most difficult life situations. However, neither Alexander nor Andrey are even aware of the carefully hidden "skeletons in the closet" — unsightly family secrets. My family took care of it. But the past, lurking, is waiting. And any accident is enough — for example, this ridiculous murder of a young woman — for life to tilt dangerously and slip out from under your feet, like ice from under a figure skater's skates. Marinina not only writes detective novels, but also answers eternal questions. The author treats his readers like a kind and experienced teacher to students who need support, guidance and guidance on the right path. Optimistic and practical in her didactics, Marinina poses the question “how to live" and tries to help the reader find his way to a better life in today's world. Marinina writes a modern novel "education of feelings" with her detective stories: the author's main goal is education through entertainment." — Anatoly Vishevsky, Grenell College, USA"Many of Alexandra Marinina's novels have been adapted into films in Russia and reworked into radio plays in Germany. Based on the fact that the purpose of these treatments is to capture viewers and listeners in the same way that readers are captured, the film and the radio play are not only additional works of fiction, but also interesting interpretations that have penetrated into the secret of Alexandra Marinina's success." — Sarah Hagi, University of Cologne, Germany"In the dialogues of fiction and trivial literature, one can find different ways of stylizing "verbality" in order to achieve the impression of spontaneous conversation. Everyday speech in A. Marinina's novels is characterized by an unusually high degree of animation, which is expressed, among other things, in the different forms of address of the interlocutors, in various shades of politeness and in the emotionality of the vocabulary used." — Wolfgang Stadler, Leopold Franzen University, Innsbruck, Austria.