Dark Instinct

As if death itself had settled at the luxurious dacha of the world-famous opera prima donna Marina Zvereva: her husband’s throat was cut, her closest friend’s head was smashed with a fireplace poker, and the singer herself was strangled in her own bedroom. No, it isn’t the work of a fugitive maniac-killer roaming somewhere nearby—this is the conclusion reached by the investigation. The murderer is a person from Zvereva’s immediate circle. As the investigation proceeds, more and more new—sometimes quite spicy—details about the life of such a friendly-looking family come to light. Its members are obsessed with the darkest passions and instincts…