The House with Chilling Silence

For those who love the novels of Aleksandra Marinina. A Russian detective story by a woman investigator. Based on genuine details, recognizable settings, unidentified bodies, arrests and interrogations—total immersion in the complex yet thrilling “workings” of an investigation…

Suddenly, successful realtor Mariya Voronina disappears. Her family is in panic: her husband abruptly interrupts a business trip and returns home, her daughters can’t find peace, and Mariya’s mother files a report with the police. The case is assigned to Captain Denis Yukov. Under the pressure of the interrogations, Mariya’s husband admits that, out of jealousy, he allegedly killed his wife—pregnant by her lover and planning to leave him for that man. According to his account, he dismembered the body and threw the parts on a landfill. But meticulous searches turn up nothing. Yukov comes to the conclusion that the man may have implicated himself. But for what reason? The investigation takes a new turn when operatives find Mariya’s abandoned car left near the riverbank…