A Spoonful of Honey in a Canister of Gasoline

Professional bodyguard Yevgeniya Okhotnikova goes to Ufa to stay close to her dear friend Al’mira, who has recently lost her husband. Oleg Reznikov, a successful entrepreneur, was deeply involved in Bashkiria’s oil and honey business, while his older brother Igor is an influential player with wide-reaching connections in Moscow and abroad. The investigators’ version of a “domestic incident” allegedly triggered by jealousy seems implausible. Zhenya puts Al’mira and her family under protection and finds herself in a dangerous environment of regional elites, where the interests of oil magnates, officials, beekeepers, and criminal groups collide.

Marina Serova is a prominent name in contemporary Russian detective fiction. She graduated from the law faculty of Moscow State University, worked at the Prosecutor General’s Office, and took part in operational work. The author of many high-tension novellas, whose total circulation exceeds twenty million copies.