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Book 2 of the “Investigations of a Crime Reporter” series

The Tavern on Myasnitskaya

The Moscow journalist Aristarkh Rusakov is reporting live from a prestigious international culinary competition.

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Original publisher:
Eksmo
Year:
2014
Language:
Russian (original)
Pages:
180
ISBN:
978-5-699-75447-2
Translations:
English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (in preparation)
Translated edition published as:
Charles Ashford
The Tavern on MyasnitskayaExcerpt in Russian.

About the book

The Moscow journalist Aristarkh Rusakov is reporting live from a prestigious international culinary competition. The main prize is a restaurant in the center of Moscow, and the fight is serious. Suddenly, during the presentation of a dish, the chef Trofim Maximov, the main contender for victory, dies. Police who arrive at the scene of the tragedy find a fresh wound on the head of the deceased, but experts establish that death came not from the injury but from poisoning with a powerful poison. Law enforcement believes the killer is one of the contestants. Rusakov considers this theory untenable and begins an investigation of his own...

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The Tavern on Myasnitskaya