Murders that don’t fit any logical scheme of a police investigation. Because the principles by which the mysterious criminal acts are incredible, and the “selection” of victims is implausible.
Remember the English nursery rhyme in the translation by Korney Chukovsky: “And beyond the crooked river / In the crooked little house / Lived summers and winters / The crooked little mice”?
For the residents of the mansion “Three Fronts,” this rhyme is quite relevant: the expanded side building—inhabited by a large, noisy family—really does resemble that same “crooked little house.” In such a house, a fun, bustling commotion is simply required to prevail. But one day, murders began…