Confession of a Black Man

Jeanne dreamed of a beautiful life and wanted someone to provide it for her. Vilen dreamed of “hooking himself” in Moscow and was ready to do anything for that. Mutual attraction sparked immediately, but they couldn’t fulfill each other’s wishes—so they went after what they wanted separately. This didn’t stop the pleasant meetings that began… after Vilen married a Muscovite named Lera, a wealthy general’s daughter. The guy wasn’t bothered that Jeanne had a courtship from his own institute friend Radij, who they’d gone through fire, water, and copper pipes with. Vilen had already been thinking of ways to get rid of Radij… All of them met at Lera’s birthday. Vilen’s pride was completely satisfied: at one table sat his wife and his mistress! If only he’d known how the evening would end—with murder…