Have you ever seen a real private detective? Or maybe he’s been watching you for ages? Meet VADIM GOLOVIN—the most genuine detective there is. He hides his face, but with pleasure tells stories in his author’s podcast “Noir in a Big City”—and now also as an audiobook.
This is a collection of short stories with an unusual twist. Throughout the book, the sleuth investigates tangled and ordinary, sometimes sad and sometimes ridiculous cases—while also reflecting on the strange craft of private detective work. It turns out that the defining feature of this profession is unpredictability: if one case feels like a thriller, another one can just as easily turn into farce.
A CAREFREE BACHELOR LOOKING FOR A SON HE HAS ONLY SEEN IN HIS DREAMS.
A GIRL WHO SEEMS TO BE READING MINDS AND WANTS TO BECOME AN ASSISTANT TO THE DETECTIVE.
A YOUNG MAN WHO LOST HIS SOUL IN CARDS AND THE ONE HE LOVES—“CASTED” BY PSYCHICS.
Different people come to the detective’s office for help with their problems, and at first these problems only seem like puzzles. In the end, the main riddle hiding behind every situation becomes human nature—people’s motives and actions.
An engaging book about the little secrets of a big city that a clever and attentive detective tries to unravel.