The famous Ivan Podushkin is starting another investigation! From the queen of ironic detective fiction, Daria Dontsova, comes a new story with a provocative and, as always, witty title: “Who Lives in the Suitcase?”
Nikolette—Ivan Podushkin’s mother—asks her son to take in Henry von Dupre. He came to Russia to find a Russian bride. And then the guest with a huge suitcase moves into the office of a detective agency, where mysterious events begin to happen: strange sounds appear, women’s clothing items show up, and an unidentified device attacks Demyanka’s dog…
At the same time, Galina Mikhailovna Lapina turns to Ivan Pavlovich. Someone has kidnapped her granddaughter, and they demand a strange ransom of 160 thousand rubles for her. The girl clearly staged her kidnapping—this is the first thought that comes to mind. As Podushkin digs into the investigation, he can’t help but wonder what you won’t run into in life— even a dynasty of professional killers…