Viola Tarakanova has never had an investigation as incredible as this one! Valentina Ryzhova asked her to write a book about her late son. Villo initially refused, because Arina Violova never writes on commission. But then she still got drawn into this adventure.
Ryzhova recently buried her son, a successful businessman. His body was found in a river, and they decided that Yegor just suddenly felt unwell, so he drowned. But Valentina Timofeevna believes her son was murdered. In her view, someone first poisoned the man and then drowned him. Surely a mother’s heart can’t be wrong! Their family had an extremely complicated relationship.
And so Villo, under the pretext of collecting material for the book, must infiltrate Yegor’s family and obtain information that will help bring the killer to light. Yes, the plan worked—but what Tarakanova learned makes your skin crawl…
Darya Dontsova is the most popular and in-demand author in our country, a favorite of millions of readers. In Russia, more than 200 million copies of her books have been sold. Her work fills hearts and souls with light, optimism, joy, and confidence in tomorrow!
“Dontsova is an incredible workhorse! I don’t know any other writer who works so much. I respect her as a model of diligence. Women need psychological support and they get it from Dontsova. I myself, at one time, read several of her novels. Very different people read her books—very busy business ladies to switch off their minds for a while, and housewives who have a break of 15–20 minutes between ‘drop off-pick up the children.’” — Galina Yuzefovich, literary critic