The Cobbler's Pie

Tatiana Sergeeva has a problem: her cat urgently needs a psychotherapist. But instead of taking care of the poor little cat, the head of a special brigade has to deal with the case of the Igin spouses. German and Varvara are actors, and at the dawn of their careers, they had no time for children. But when the couple got on their feet and wanted a child, it turned out that conception is impossible for medical reasons.

The spouses were completely desperate—until one day on the way to filming they noticed a crashed car in a ditch off a back road. German rushed to check whether the injured needed help and found a dead woman in the driver’s seat. And in the back, on the floor, there was a box with… a living newborn! German and Varvara took the child and left the scene. They registered the boy as their own, raised him, and were happy.

But recently the Igins received an anonymous letter. The blackmailer knows the truth, accuses the couple of kidnapping, and demands money to keep the secret. That’s exactly why they came to Sergeeva. And in the end, Tatiana learns the name of the person who extorted an enormous sum.

Hooray, everything’s fine! But no—unexpectedly, it turns out she made a mistake. And this mistake costs everyone far too much…

Darya Dontsova is the most popular and in-demand author in our country, a favorite of millions of readers. In Russia, more than 200 million copies of her books have been sold. Her work fills hearts and souls with light, optimism, joy, and confidence in tomorrow!

“Don’tso va unbelievable workaholic! I don’t know any other writer who works as much. I respect her as an example of writerly diligence. Women need psychological support and receive it from Dontsova. I myself once read several of Dontsova’s novels. They are read by very different people—by busy business ladies who want to switch their heads off for a while, and by housewives who have a break of 15–20 minutes between drop-off/pick-up the kids.” — Galina Yuzefovich, literary critic.