Darkness After Dawn
14 hrs. 32 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Alexandra Marinina
Author
Alexandra Marinina
Narrator
Igor Knyazev
Narrator
Igor Knyazev
Even if dawn comes, darkness will come again to take its place…
November 1982. The anniversary of the wedding of the Smelyanskys is overshadowed by the death of Leonid Brezhnev. The new General Secretary is a huge stress for people who have something to lose. And the Smelyanskys and their guests are precisely the kind of people who are the real nomenklatura elite. But that’s not the worst thing. That evening, their thirteen-year-old son Seryozha and their friend Alena’s daughter left for the cinema and never returned…
After a call “from the very top,” the search for the missing children brings in Major of the Militia Viktor Gordeev. His promotion to deputy head of the “murder” department depends on how quickly—and most importantly, successfully—he gets results. But what guarantees can there be? And what if they are already dead? Besides, in the country there is a maniac killing teenagers aged 13–16. And Gordeev’s friend, an employee of the criminal investigation department, Leonid Cheryomin, suspects the worst.
However, his foster daughter—Nastya Kamenskaya, a recent graduate of the law faculty of Moscow State University—has a different opinion: the missing children don’t fit the pattern of a serial killer. The operatives begin working through all possible versions. And then employees of the KGB get involved in the investigation…
The first retro-detective novel by Alexandra Marinina. An astonishingly accurate atmosphere of late Soviet times, the moods of people, their fears and hopes. Criminal investigators, militia officers, and KGB—ordinary citizens and those who were admitted to the “socialist feeder”—each of them has their own story and their own motives.
November 1982. The anniversary of the wedding of the Smelyanskys is overshadowed by the death of Leonid Brezhnev. The new General Secretary is a huge stress for people who have something to lose. And the Smelyanskys and their guests are precisely the kind of people who are the real nomenklatura elite. But that’s not the worst thing. That evening, their thirteen-year-old son Seryozha and their friend Alena’s daughter left for the cinema and never returned…
After a call “from the very top,” the search for the missing children brings in Major of the Militia Viktor Gordeev. His promotion to deputy head of the “murder” department depends on how quickly—and most importantly, successfully—he gets results. But what guarantees can there be? And what if they are already dead? Besides, in the country there is a maniac killing teenagers aged 13–16. And Gordeev’s friend, an employee of the criminal investigation department, Leonid Cheryomin, suspects the worst.
However, his foster daughter—Nastya Kamenskaya, a recent graduate of the law faculty of Moscow State University—has a different opinion: the missing children don’t fit the pattern of a serial killer. The operatives begin working through all possible versions. And then employees of the KGB get involved in the investigation…
The first retro-detective novel by Alexandra Marinina. An astonishingly accurate atmosphere of late Soviet times, the moods of people, their fears and hopes. Criminal investigators, militia officers, and KGB—ordinary citizens and those who were admitted to the “socialist feeder”—each of them has their own story and their own motives.
1.
Coincidence of Circumstances
(narrated by
Yury Zaborovsky)
2.
Playing on Someone Else's Field
(narrated by
Evgeny Ternovsky)
3.
Stolen Dream
(narrated by
Yury Zaborovsky)
4.
A Killer Against His Will
(narrated by
Vyacheslav Gerasimov)
5.
Death for Death's Sake
(narrated by
Evgeny Ternovsky)
6.
The Footsoldiers Die First
(narrated by
Yury Zaborovsky)
7.
Death and a Little Love
(narrated by
Evgeny Ternovsky)
8.
The Black List
(narrated by
Elena Spirina)
8.
The Black List
(narrated by
Valentin Perkin)
9.
Posthumous Image
(narrated by
Evgeny Ternovsky)
10.
You've Got to Pay for Everything
(narrated by
Evgeny Ternovsky)
11.
Someone Else's Mask
(narrated by
Yury Zaborovsky)
13.
The Stylist
(narrated by
Vladimir Sushkov)
14.
The Illusion of Sin
(narrated by
Sergey Kirsanov)
15.
The Bright Face of Death
(narrated by
Evgeny Ternovsky)
16.
The Victim's Name Is Nobody
(narrated by
Igor Mushkatin)
16.
The Name of the Victim Is Nobody
(narrated by
Tatyana Seredina)
17.
Men's Games
(narrated by
Valery Zakharyev)
18.
I Died Yesterday
(narrated by
Vladimir Sushkov)
19.
Requiem
(narrated by
Valery Zakharyev)
20.
The Ghost of Music
(narrated by
Lyudmila Larionova)
21.
The Seventh Victim
(narrated by
Margarita Ivanova)
21.
The Seventh Victim
(narrated by
Valery Zakharyev)
22.
When the Gods Laugh
(narrated by
Valery Zakharyev)
23.
The Unlocked Door
(narrated by
Vyacheslav Gerasimov)
23.
An Unlocked Door
(narrated by
Valery Zakharyev)
24.
The Law of Three Negations
(narrated by
Irina Vorobyova)
24.
The Law of Three Negations
(narrated by
Veronika Yazykova)
25.
Co-Authors
(narrated by
Valeria Lebedeva)
25.
Co-Authors
(narrated by
Valery Zakharyev)
26.
Howling Dogs of Solitude
(narrated by
Nikolay Savitskiy)
26.
The Howling Dogs of Solitude
(narrated by
Valery Zakharyev)
27.
City Rates
(narrated by
Irina Vorobyova)
28.
Life After Death
(narrated by
Valery Zakharyev)
29.
Personal Motives
(narrated by
Leontina Brotskaya)
30.
Death as Art 1. Masks
(narrated by
Elena Kalabina)
30.
Death as Art 2: Justice
(narrated by
Leontina Brotskaya)
30.
Death as Art. Volume 2. Justice
(narrated by
Elena Kalabina)
31.
Angels on Ice Don't Survive
(narrated by
Valery Zakharyev)
32.
Execution Without Malice
(narrated by
Elena Chubarova)
33.
A Different Truth. Vol. 1
(narrated by
Igor Knyazev)
33.5.
A Different Truth. Volume 2
(narrated by
Igor Knyazev)
34.
Impeccable Reputation. Volume 1
(narrated by
Igor Knyazev)
35.
Long-Term Consequences. Volume 1
(narrated by
Igor Knyazev)
35.1.
Long-Term Consequences. Volume 2
(narrated by
Igor Knyazev)
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