A tangled story that will appeal to those who value atmospheric and intriguing novels.
Agreeing to search for information about several people, a young archive employee, Feofaan, finds himself pulled into a deadly game. Someone is looking for—and killing—former prisoners who had sat in the same cell with a painter Zelentsov, who later gained popularity after his death. As Feofaan delves into his research, he walks right along the edge of the abyss—but he can’t stop, because he’s captivated by the mystery of tattoos-as-paintings and enchanted by the woman staring at him from them.