The Fate of the Winter Cherry

Alice Streltsova has a real talent for matchmaking—her marriage agency “Winter Cherry” is thriving! Only its owner can’t seem to find her own happiness… And then, at last, a hero from her romance appears on the horizon! “I want this man,” Alice tells herself. “And I’m going to get him!” The fact that Alexander Korchagin was planning to become a client of “Winter Cherry” didn’t mean anything— their feelings turned out to be mutual, and he even didn’t bother submitting an application. Alice was overwhelmed by a huge, all-consuming happiness!
But then Alexander… disappeared. She tried in vain to find him, when suddenly Alice got a call from her former classmate, Lora—an unremarkable gray mouse she’d long, unsuccessfully tried to marry off. Lora delivered the stunning news: she and Alexander are going to get married! But the day before the fateful wedding, Korchagin was killed… The world collapsed; life was over. Alice realized: she won’t have peace until she finds out what happened to her former lover. And help came from her friend Inka, a well-known crime journalist…

Lyudmila Martova is a master of an engaging detective melodrama, the author of thrilling high-plot stories. Their trademarks are a twisted detective intrigue, a dashing finale with an unexpected twist, and—of course—a bright love line. The heroines of Lyudmila Martova’s novels are modern young women who know exactly what they want from life.