The Spear of Another's Fate

Polina Svirskaya worked in an art gallery for only half a year. She was trusted to carry out an expert examination of several drawings—but when she finished the job and handed over a folder with watercolors for storage, it turned out that one was missing…

Detective Sergey Dulo was called to the Riks hotel: a Chilean citizen, Michel Piñera, had been murdered there. During a search of the man’s room, Sergey noticed a painting hanging out of place. Under it they found a drawing stolen from his wife, Polina—“A Man in Gray against a Background of Mountains”…

Neither Sergey nor Polina yet knew that investigating this tangled case would force them to confront a tragic love story between a German pilot and a famous actress of the Third Reich—and to touch one of the greatest secrets of all times and peoples: the whereabouts of the legendary Spear of Fate…