16+ “The Corpse That Came Back to Life,” a novel by Anatoly Lonov, 2019.
The events in the book take place in 1620.
The monk Feon rushes to the Pokrovsky Monastery for the baptism of the son of a royal relative, Gleb Morozov. Everything proceeds according to ritual, but after the service and festive meal, the young father unexpectedly dies.
Guests and monks are in terror: how could something like this happen? Now the royal wrath can’t be avoided…
Only one father doesn’t lose himself—Feon’s father, who in the not-so-distant past headed the Russian criminal investigation as voivode Grigory Obraztsov.
It’s time to remember old skills and, while the trail is hot, uncover this vile crime…