Do Not Suffer a Witch to Live

Basilicata. A lost world of Italy, where villages hang over an abyss and magic is part of everyday life.

Here they treat headaches with spells, invite fairies to baptism, and give troubles to three arches—and all of this in the 21st century!

You’ll break your tongue on the names of dishes, but mamma mia—what an aroma from Signora Penelope’s orange rolls with rosemary, and from the roses on Signora Nicoletta’s balcony!

Sasha came to the cliffside town looking for quiet, but ended up in the middle of passionate goings-on. A small bar is buzzing: who broke the little pot of a potion so that the witch from the neighboring village would fall from the sky and die for good? Or maybe that’s how they disguised a murder?

She’ll have to figure it out—someone asked her to, someone Sasha can’t forget. And she’s never had such a team for an investigation!

“Crimes and tasty treats”—a cozy story by the winner of the Russian Detective award.