The Secrets of Grown Girls

That’s how it sometimes goes in a detective’s life: the deeper you immerse yourself in a complicated case, the more similarities you find between yourself and the victim. Maybe that’s why this story doesn’t come easily to Lena—because in the murdered Jeanne she sees herself: the same hesitance and timidity in relationships with her beloved, the same crystal-clear honesty, the fear of judgment, and dependence on other people’s opinions. Their parents were too closely connected in the past—so maybe that’s why Lena from the prosecutor’s office, infallible, and Jeanne, the daughter of a shadow boss, seem almost like sisters?..