The Queen of White Mice

Marisha’s cousin asked her to temporarily watch her first-grade daughter, Katya. One day at the start of the school year, Marisha brought the girl to school—and, leaving, she saw a strange sight: the usually punctual, perfectly put-together woman with the pretentious name Lydia Romualdovna brought her son Volodya, Katya’s classmate, to school late. Meanwhile, she herself was disheveled and even had blood on parts of her.

Marisha’s instinct as a hunter instantly went on alert. And when, after school, the tender mother simply didn’t show up at all to meet her beloved son, Marisha understood that fate, despite her husband’s ban on any investigations, had sent her another case!..