Presented to you the novel “Broken Ice-3”—a high-stakes melodrama, a continuation of Maria Kartasheva’s popular cycle about the fate of several young heroines. “Yulia, as best she could, assumed a ceremonial pose, because, according to the author’s plan, she was supposed to read poems to her beloved, who was leaving her. The girl began reading straight from the page, since she remembered nothing. Without breaking her rhythm, as gently as possible, she said: — The suspect fought, used profanity, sent Sergeant Matryoshkin to all sorts of places, and then invited everyone to go swimming in the fountain! — Yulia fell silent and looked around. — Damn it, that’s Bodayev’s arrest protocol, damn it. — She hissed through her teeth. In the next second, the whole hall was laughing, including the director!”