The Ghost of the Heavenly Jerusalem

12 hrs. 42 min.

Language Russian

Author Darya Dezombre

Narrator Leontina Brotskaya

Corpses surface in the Moskva River; they sit leaning against the ancient wall of the Kutafya Tower; they lie, quartered, on a bench in Kolomenskoye. The unfortunate victims were killed by horrifying medieval methods, and only the killer knows what their guilt was. A maniac who leaves bloodstains one after another in the center of the capital seems to be assembling a terrible puzzle.

A pair from Petrovka follows the terrible trail: a thug-intern—an MGU graduate—obsessed with maniacs since childhood, and an experienced detective who finished a provincial police school. These two can’t stand each other, but they complement each other perfectly. Only together can they decipher the riddle constructed by the killer and rooted in ancient Moscow, in old schismatic texts, in the symbolism of Holy Scripture. A psychological thriller full of unexpected turns immerses you in the atmosphere of a loud metropolis, where a brutal murderer brings the city’s ancient vices to the surface—its terrible secrets and mystical symbolism encoded in the chaotic interweaving of old streets, alleys, and squares...

1. The Ghost of the Heavenly Jerusalem 2. Portrait of a Dead Model (narrated by Ivan Litvinov) 3. The Secret of the Dutch Tiles (narrated by Ivan Litvinov) 4. The Creator's Mistake (narrated by Igor Knyazev) 5. Shadows of the Old Apartment (narrated by Igor Knyazev) 5. Shadows of the Old Apartment (narrated by Leontina Brotskaya)