Lures

Vasechkina trained in the gym so diligently, as if her life depended on it. Probably, that was indeed the case. A happy family life is falling apart: her husband grows colder with every passing day. More and more often, instead of evenings with his fit wife, he chooses to sit by a cold lake with a fishing rod. And how can you raise children when you don’t have time and there’s no one to do it? Her attempts to distract herself from sad thoughts with strength exercises produced the exact opposite result. Remembering the lures, Vasechkina burst into tears. She bought her husband a set of expensive Japanese shiny things, and he asked what that even was! A passionate fisherman—what now? Maybe Irka, her best friend, can help? With their joint outings, things always became a bit easier. Vasechkina hoped that this time would be the same—but she found on her friend’s balcony a sports bag full of lures *** In June 2021, the book entered the longlist nomination for Debut of the Year 2021 of the “Russian Detective” prize