Two Halves of a Secret

With the novel “Two Halves of the Secret,” Tatyana Polyakova opens a new book cycle called “By the Name of the Secret,” about a mysterious girl with unusual abilities. From childhood, Tania was prepared for life as a super-agent. Her father taught her espionage skills—how to get rid of surveillance, how to set an enemy up, how to open any lock and safe using a hairpin. And he called Tania nothing other than “Secret.” Everything in her life was tied to the mysterious work of her father. When he unexpectedly disappeared and the girl ended up in an orphanage, riddles only multiplied. Her new friends were also strangely unusual, and all of them possessed unique, ambiguous talents… After she left the orphanage, life for Tania seemed to finally improve: she got a job in the police and met a photographer, Egor; they decided to get married. But shortly before the wedding, Egor moved to another city and died—falling from a roof while tailing someone. Very fittingly, the boss sent Tania on a business trip to that very city…