Polina receives an email message about Aline Bekesheva’s death—the wife of a famous politician. Instead of Aline’s picture, the letter had attached her own photo! And the most surprising thing is that, in reality, this murder happened only the next day. The victim was crucified and then dressed in Russian clothing of the 16th century...
In Alina Bekesheva’s bedroom, investigators found a copy of an old fresco depicting the engagement of Grand Duke Ivan III to Sophia Paleolog. It was Sophia who brought to Moscow part of the famous library—the one that Ivan the Terrible later hid in an unknown place...
When Polina arrived at the Bekeshevs’ mansion and went down with the investigator into the basement that wasn’t marked on the house’s plan, she was horrified. In a tall vertical niche stood a wooden cross blackened by time. From the cross, with arms spread wide, hung a crucified mummy...