Bloody Mary

The audiobook by Kanevsky “Bloody Mary” is a detective with humor, sadness, and a touch of fantasy.
“I’ve never written detective stories. Maybe this is the first and last time. I just suddenly wanted to dive into a new genre for myself and diversify it in my own way: add a little humor, a little sorrow, a little eccentricity—and even just a bit of fantasy—to the detective plot. In other words, I decided to surprise with something unusual. And I surprised—right into trouble.
After finishing the story, even in manuscript form, I let my most critical-minded friends read it. Some praised it, some made remarks, some offered advice… But there were also those who categorically demanded a detailed justification for the behavior of my heroes and my invented ideas—from the scientific point of view, the legal, the technical, the medical… I became feverishly immersed in textbooks on chemistry, strength of materials, medicine, jurisprudence. I was already on the threshold of writing a full dissertation—but I stopped in time, because I realized: I could never become a chemist, an engineer, a lawyer, or a cardiologist—and probably I didn’t need to. The only thing that became clear was the need for a short preface…”