A man walks out of the house—and disappears. He dissolves into thin air. It’s a common story for a big city where there are no vigilant grandmothers on the bench, and children prefer to look at their gadgets instead of around. And what’s the big deal if the old scammer, Mikhail Groys, has gone missing? Who will cry for him?
But it turns out there are people to whom he is dear. Private detectives Makar Ilyushin and Sergey Babkin begin an investigation and quickly get on the trail of the kidnapper. Or does this lead end in a dead end? Is the life of a crook worth the priceless diadem?
A bird flew into the house—that’s a bad omen. And what if you yourself lured the frightened sparrow into a trap, only to find that in its place there is a predatory, cunning owl? Trouble is inevitable. Will the victim be the birdcatcher?
Read about it in Elena Mikhailkova’s new detective story “Close the Door Behind the Owl.”