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Evgeny Sukhov
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Series: Troubled Spring of '45

A Costly Consolation

Postwar Kazan. In a forest park the body of a man with his throat cut is found.

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Original publisher:
Eksmo
Year:
2025
Language:
Russian (original)
Pages:
192
ISBN:
978-5-04-228985-9
Translations:
English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (in preparation)
A Costly ConsolationExcerpt in Russian.

About the book

Postwar Kazan. In a forest park the body of a man with his throat cut is found. In addition, a finger has been cut off the body: it looks as though the criminal took the murdered man's wedding ring that way. The expert examination established that the killer used a medical scalpel. Perhaps he is a hospital employee? Militia Major Vitaly Shchelkunov establishes that the dead man, technical school teacher Konstantin Polyakov, was friends with the surgeon Goryunov, in whose home, during a search, that very gold ring was found. The criminal is exposed... But the major is in no hurry to close the case. His attention is drawn to the dead man's wife, who seems not to be saddened at all by the heavy loss...

A unique chance to return to one of the brightest periods of Soviet history: the postwar time. Real people, real criminal cases, gripping plot twists.

Characters resembling the cult figures of the film “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed”. The spirit of the time, tenderly kept in many families. An unusual and realistic look at the “kitchen” of the everyday work of the Soviet militia.

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A Costly Consolation