Magpie Murders

The death of famous writer Alan Conway put an end to Susan Ryallend’s editorial career. Now she runs a hotel on the Aegean coast, but not very successfully—there’s never enough money. Missing London’s bustle, Susan starts thinking about whether to escape from this paradise spot, and it seems fate itself provides her with a chance.

An English couple turns to Ryallend for help, promising to pay well. Their daughter has disappeared, and before telling her parents she also managed to admit that in Conway’s detective novels she found the key to solving a bloody crime committed eight years ago in Suffolk… The editor of this book series turns out to be Susan. Will she be able to unravel the tangled thoughts of the author? Ms. Ryallend urgently heads to England, with a true detective’s excitement—and it doesn’t immediately occur to her that digging into the secrets of the past can’t be done without consequences. And it becomes obvious when deadly danger closes in on her…

A novel within a novel—a literary game full of riddles and mystifications. First time in Russian!