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Back on Murder
Автор: Bertrand J Mark Det. Roland March is a homicide cop on his way out. But when he's the only one at a crime scene to find evidence of a missing female victim, he's given one last chance to prove himself. Before he can crack the case, he's transferred to a new one that has grabbed the spotlight-the disappearance of a famous Houston evangelist's teen daughter. With the help of a youth pastor with a guilty conscience who navigates the world of church and faith, March is determined to find the missing girls while proving he's still one of Houston 's best detectives. Читать или скачать книгу «Back on Murder» |
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Backlash
Автор: La Plante Lynda Late night on a notorious high-rise estate in Hackney and a white van is being driven erratically. The driver is pulled over by the police and questioned. A woman on the street after a long evening's drinking…She never makes it home. A suspect…an arrest…a confession…A case done and dusted? Five years earlier, a 13-year-old girl disappeared in broad daylight on a busy London street. DCS James Langton headed the investigation; the case was never closed. It has haunted him ever since. And now comes another confession, to this murder, and to one more besides. Too good to be true? DCI Anna Travis, pulled into the fray, isn't so sure. Then the suspect changes his story… Читать или скачать книгу «Backlash» |
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Bad Blood
Автор: Dahl Arne Detective Paul Hjelm and his team receive an urgent call from the FBI. A murderer whose methods bear a frightening resemblance to a serial killer they believed long dead is on his way to Sweden. For years the FBI hunted the so-called 'Kentucky Killer', their agents haunted by the terrible injuries he inflicted on his victims through his signature device: a weapon that squeezed the vocal cords shut. Has he somehow returned from beyond the grave to torture a new generation, or do they have a copy-cat on their hands? And what do they want in Sweden? If they are to capture the killer, the team must collaborate with their colleagues in the FBI on a desperate hunt that will take them from rainswept city streets to deserted Kentucky farmhouses, and will push them to the limits of their endurance. Читать или скачать книгу «Bad Blood» |
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Bad Intent
Автор: Hornsby Wendy Dredging up dirty allegations in order to gain the minority vote, a shady politician sets up three police officers, and investigative filmmaker Maggie MacGowen becomes determined to uncover the truth. Читать или скачать книгу «Bad Intent» |
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Bad Intentions
Автор: Fossum Karin Early one September, three friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin by Dead Water Lake. With only a pale moon to light their way, they row across the water in the middle of the night. But only two of them return, and they make a pact not to call for help until the following morning. Inspector Sejer leads the investigation when the body is discovered. He is troubled by the apparent suicide and has an overwhelming sense that the surviving pair has something to hide. Weeks pass without further clues, and then in a nearby lake the body of a teenage boy floats to the surface. Читать или скачать книгу «Bad Intentions» |
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Bad Karma
Автор: Zeltserman Dave Серия: , Bill Shannon In Zeltserman's run-of-the-mill second Bill Shannon mystery (after 2007's Bad Thoughts), Shannon, now a PI in Boulder, Colo., investigates the murder of two college students-Taylor Carver and Linda Gibson, bludgeoned to death in the bedroom of the off-campus condo they shared-at the behest of the condo owner, who's being sued for lax security. After his former colleagues on the Boston police force vouch for him, Shannon gets more cooperation from the locals. Meanwhile, the mother of a girl taken in by the True Light cult calls on the detective for help. Some may find it odd that no one mentions the Jon Benet Ramsey case when the recent history of murders in Boulder comes up in conversation. The predictable plot builds to a final twist that will shock few. Readers might do better to check out the second in Zeltserman's bad-ass out of prison trilogy, Pariah (Reviews, Aug. 3), instead. Читать или скачать книгу «Bad Karma» |
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Bajo los vientos de Neptuno
Автор: Vargas Fred Fred Vargas juega sus mejores cartas en una novela policiaca de arquitectura clásica y perfecta, que transcurre entre París y la nieve de Quebec. El comisario Adamsberg se dispone a cruzar el Atlántico para instruirse en unas nuevas técnicas de investigación que están desarrollando sus colegas del otro lado del océano. Pero no sabe que el pasado se ha metido en su maleta y le acompaña en su viaje. En Quebec se encontrará con una joven asesinada con tres heridas de arma blanca y una cadena de homicidios todos iguales, cometidos por el misterioso Tridente, un asesino fantasmal que persigue al joven comisario, obligándole a enfrentarse al único enemigo del que hay que tener miedo: uno mismo. Adamsberg esta vez tiene problemas muy serios… Читать или скачать книгу «Bajo los vientos de Neptuno» |
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Bangkok 8
Автор: Burdett John Серия: , Sonchai Jitpleecheep "One of the most startling and provocative mysteries I've read in years." – Carl Hiaasen "Read this book, savor the language – it's the last and the most compelling word in thrillers." – James Ellroy Surreal Bangkok, city of temples and brothels, where Buddhist monks in saffron robes walk the same streets as world-class gangsters, where bodies and souls are for sale or rent, and where the way you die may be more important than the way you live. Inside a locked Mercedes an African-American Marine sergeant is killed by a maddened python and a swarm of cobras. Two cops – the only two in the city not on the take – arrive too late. Minutes later, only one is alive. Sworn to avenge the death of his partner and soul brother, Sonchai Jitpleecheep, a fair-skinned Thai and a devout Buddhist who commutes daily between the sacred precepts of his religion and the profane delights the city has to offer, works his way through District 8. His tools are the forensic techniques of the modern police department; no less vital is his profound understanding of the mystical workings of the spirit world. Soon he is in a realm he has never before encountered: the moneyed underbelly of Bangkok, where desire rules and the human body is as custom-designable as a raw hunk of jade – and where Sonchai eventually tracks the killer, a predator of an even more sinister variety. A highly original story of gripping pace and reality, Bangkok 8 is a rare thing: a darkly atmospheric novel redolent with the authentic, hallucinogenic atmosphere of Bangkok. You've never read a thriller quite like this. Читать или скачать книгу «Bangkok 8» |
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Bangkok Haunts
Автор: Burdett John Серия: , Sonchai Jitpleecheep At the start of Burdett's superb third mystery-thriller to feature Thai police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep (after Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Tattoo), Jitpleecheep shows old friend Kimberley Jones, an American FBI agent, a vicious snuff film he's received depicting the murder of an ex-lover of his named Damrong. Jitpleecheep and Jones maintain their complex platonic relationship as, helped by Jitpleecheep's assistant Lek, they pursue Damrong's killers. The trail leads them to an important banker, an American teacher, a Buddhist and an exclusive men's club called the Parthenon. Jitpleecheep, who now lives with Chanya, a former prostitute pregnant with his child, is visited in an erotic way by Damrong's ghost, while his corrupt superior, police colonel Vikorn, orders Jitpleecheep to help start a porn film business. Expertly juggling elements that in lesser hands would become confused or hackneyed, Burdett has created a haunting, powerful story that transcends genre. Читать или скачать книгу «Bangkok Haunts» |
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Bangkok Tattoo
Автор: Burdett John Серия: , Sonchai Jitpleecheep Killing customers just isn't good for business." My mother Nong's tone reflects the disappointment we all feel when a star employee starts to go wrong. Is there nothing to be done? Will we have to let dear Chanya go? The question can only be decided by Police Colonel Vikorn, who owns most of the shares in the Old Man's Club and who is on his way in his Bentley. "No," I agree. Like my mother's, my eyes cannot stop flicking across the empty bar to the stool where Chanya's flimsy silver dress (just enough silk to cover nipples and butt) drapes and drips. Well, the dripping was slight and is more or less finished (a rusty stain on the floor turning black as it dries), but in more than a decade as a detective in the Royal Thai Police, I have never seen a garment so blood-soaked. Chanya's bra, also hideously splattered, lies halfway up the stairs, and her panties-her only other garment-lie abandoned on the floor outside the upstairs room where, eccentrically even for a Thai whore, she has taken refuge with an opium pipe. "She didn't say anything at all? Like why?" "No, I told you. She dashed in through the door in a bit of a state holding an opium pipe, glared at me, said, ‘I've done him in,' ripped off her dress, and disappeared upstairs. Fortunately, there were only a couple of farang in the bar at the time, and the girls were fantastic. They merely said, ‘Oh, Chanya, she goes like that sometimes,' and gently ushered them out. I had to play the whole thing down, of course, and by the time I got to her room, she was already stoned." "What did she say again?" "She was tripping on the opium, totally delirious. When she started talking to the Buddha, I left to call you and the Colonel. At that stage I didn't know if she'd really done him in or was freaking out on yaa baa or something." But she'd snuffed him all right. I walked to the farang's hotel, which is just a couple of streets away from Soi Cowboy, and flashed my police ID to get the key to his room. There he was, a big muscular naked American farang in his early thirties, minus a penis and a lot of blood from a huge knife wound that began in his lower gut and finished just short of his rib cage. Chanya, a basically decent and very tidy Thai, had placed his penis on the bedside table. At the other end of the table, a single rose stood in a plastic mug of water. There was nothing for it but to secure the room for the purposes of forensic investigation, leave a hefty bribe for the hotel receptionist-who is now more or less obliged to say whatever I tell him to say (standard procedure under my Colonel Vikorn in District 8)-and await further orders. Vikorn, of course, was in one of his clubs carousing, probably surrounded by naked young women who adored him, or knew how to look as if they did, and in no mood to be dragged to the scene of a crime until I penetrated his drunken skull enough to explain that the business at hand was not an investigation per se but the infinitely more challenging forensic task so lightly spoken of as a "cover-up." Even then he showed no inclination to shift himself until he realized it was Chanya (the perp, not the victim). "Where the hell did she get the opium?" my mother wants to know. "There hasn't been opium in Krung Thep since I was a teenager." Читать или скачать книгу «Bangkok Tattoo» |
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Bats Fly at Dusk
Автор: Fair A A Серия: Cool and Lam First there was the blind man. He “saw” a great deal for a sightless man. Bertha Cool had no sooner digested his strange story when her life really became complicated with other things... A girl who was hit by an automobile but who didn’t care about collecting damages... A will that made all the relatives happy!.. A man with valuable information — and a high price on it... Two strange deaths that didn’t seem to make sense... $10,000 that wasn’t where it should have been... A man who thought being a cousin was worth money... A handsomely painted music box that was sent anonymously... A gun with a sense of justice... A pet bat that liked to cuddle... Читать или скачать книгу «Bats Fly at Dusk» |
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Bear Island
Автор: Maclean Alistair A converted fishing trawler, Morning Rose carries a movie-making crew across the Barents Sea to isolated Bear Island, well above the Arctic Circle, for some on-location filming, but the script is a secret known only to the producer and screenwriter. En route, members of the movie crew and ship's company begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The crew's doctor, Marlowe, finds himself enmeshed in a violent, multi-layered plot in which very few of the persons aboard are whom they claim to be. Marlowe's efforts to unravel the plot become even more complicated once the movie crew is deposited ashore on Bear Island, beyond the reach of the law or outside help. The murders continue ashore, and Marlowe, who is not what he seems to be either, discovers they may be related to some forgotten events of the Second World War. Читать или скачать книгу «Bear Island» |
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Beastly Things
Автор: Leon Donna When a body is found floating in a canal, strangely disfigured and with multiple stab wounds, Commissario Brunetti is called to investigate and is convinced he recognises the man from somewhere. However, with no identification except for the distinctive shoes the man was wearing, and no reports of people missing from the Venice area, the case cannot progress. Brunetti soon realises why he remembers the dead man, and asks Signorina Elettra if she can help him find footage of a farmers’ protest the previous autumn. But what was his involvement with the protest, and what does it have to do with his murder? Acting on the fragile lead, Brunetti and Inspector Vianello set out to uncover the man’s identity. Their investigation eventually takes them to a slaughterhouse on the mainland, where they discover the origin of the crime, and the world of blackmail and corruption that surrounds it. Both a gripping case and a harrowing exploration of the dark side of Italy’s meat industry, Donna Leon’s latest novel is a compelling addition to the Brunetti series. Читать или скачать книгу «Beastly Things» |
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Bedrooms Have Windows
Автор: Fair A A Серия: Cool and Lam It started as a routine tail — shadowing an oily hustler who’d been courting a well-healed matron. But the assignment soon led Donald Lam to a sleazy hotel room with a sexy barfly. And now she’s left him high and dry with a pair of corpses dumped in his lap. Suddenly he’s the cops’ prime suspect. And it’ll take some fancy footwork to sidestep the law — and the real killer, who intends to leave Bertha Cool partnerless. Читать или скачать книгу «Bedrooms Have Windows» |
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Beggar’s Choice
Автор: Wentworth Patricia When Car Fairfax starts his mysterious new job, his sole duty seems to be to dine in expensive restaurants, but soon some odd coincidences and dangerous deceits open his eyes to the truth. Читать или скачать книгу «Beggar’s Choice» |
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Behold, Here's Poison
Автор: Хейер Джорджетт Серия: Inspector Hannasyde Uncle Henry has a history of heart trouble and doesn't wake up one morning. No one, even his physician, is surprised. But dear Aunt Gertrude, listening to Intuition, suspects Foul Play and insists on an autopsy. Since Aunt Gertrude is a cross between a battleship and a Victorian bulldog, an autopsy she gets. Surprise! Uncle Henry was, indeed, poisoned. The problem is that all of his relations have a motive. You see, Uncle Henry was not well liked at all; he took positive delight in thwarting his erstwhile relatives. They included two sisters, one sister-in-law, a niece, two nephews, and an attending physician who all had reason to hate him, and all benefited in one way or another from his unlamented passing. Читать или скачать книгу «Behold, Here's Poison» |
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Beirut Noir
Автор: Hage Rawi, Humaydan Iman, Abi Samra Muhammad, Abi Samra Tarek, Barakat Najwa, Beydoun Abbas, Beydoun Bana, Eid Leila, Hilal Bachir, Kawtharani Hala, Khalil Zena El, Maarouf Mazen, Sobh Alawiya, Tawk+ Marie, Sardine ’, Yared Hyam Featuring brand-new stories by: Rawi Hage, Muhammad Abi Samra, Leila Eid, Hala Kawtharani, Marie Tawk, Bana Baydoun, Hyam Yared, Najwa Barakat, Alawiyeh Sobh, Mazen Zahreddine, Abbas Beydoun, Bachir Hilal, Zena El Khalil, Mazen Maarouf, and Tarek Abi Samra. Most of the writers in this volume are still living in Beirut, so this is an important contribution to Middle East literature — not the “outsider’s perspective” that often characterizes contemporary literature set in the region. Читать или скачать книгу «Beirut Noir» |
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Belgrave Square
Автор: Perry Anne The 12th mystery in the beloved Inspector and Charlotte Pitt Victorian mystery series, now a hardcover success. When a moneylender named William Weems is murdered, there is discreet rejoicing among those whose meager earnings he devoured. But the plot thickens when Inspector Pitt finds a list of London's distinguished gentlemen in Weems' office. Читать или скачать книгу «Belgrave Square» |
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Bella Mafia
Автор: La Plante Lynda Don Roberto Luciano turns informer for the biggest Mafia trial in history, but his family pays a terrible price. The head of the family, his three sons, his two grandsons and his nephew are all killed leaving the five widows to reclaim their inheritance from a dangerous Mafioso. Читать или скачать книгу «Bella Mafia» |
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Bella Mafia
Автор: Ла Плант Линда Дон Роберто Лучано, глава сицилийской мафии, соглашается выступить свидетелем обвинения на процессе Пола Кароллы, двадцать лет назад жестоко убившего сына дона. Но чуть ли не накануне судебного разбирательства все мужчины в семье Лучано оказываются убиты. Жена Роберто, ставшая внезапно вдовой, две ее невестки и внучка берут бразды правления в свои руки и объявляют врагам вендетту. Теперь они bella mafia, прекрасная мафия, и горе каждому, кто встанет у них на пути. Читать или скачать книгу «Bella Mafia» |
Все прекрасно знают, телефонные столбцы каких именно услуг публикуются на рекламных страницах газет под рубриками «досуг», «эскорт» и т. п. Тех, кто спешит на телефонный вызов не называют «досужницами» или «эскортницами», их называют умилительно — девочки… А где «девочки», там денежки, а где денежки, там рождаются самые невероятные фантазии, как ими завладеть… Обмануть, отобрать, убить…
Все это происходит в уютной неофициальной конторе «Услада».
Мы открываем учебники истории и видим множество имен. Они принадлежали королям и дипломатам, полководцам и героям, тиранам и узурпаторам, художникам и писателям. Те, кто сокрушают империи и создают их из пепла, кто делают мир прекрасным или погружают в огонь войны, создают гармонию или смуту навсегда остаются жить в памяти человечества. Но помимо гениев и деспотов, помимо тех, кто родился возле трона или мечтал заполучить его в обход всех прав, помимо деятелей искусства, политиков, военных, история Земли полнится деяниями, совершенными многочисленными аферистами. Некоторые из них буквально перевернули мир и положили основу новому порядку. На страницах книги "Подлинная история ожерелья Антуанетты" Ольга Баскова постаралась пролить свет на одну из самых больших тайн, предшествовавших началу Французской революции. Людовик ХVI был слабым королем. Мария-Антуанетта предпочитала балы и развлечения. Но решился бы народ свергнуть их с престола, если бы не громкий скандал связанный с легендарным ожерельем мадам Дюбари? Тем самым, в исчезновении которого была обвинена некая Жанна де ла Мотт — внучка Генриха Валуа, интриганка и писательница, прошедшая путь от нищей бродяжки до светской дамы, от беглянки до жены графа, от безымянной эмигрантки до подружки фрейлины русской императрицы?
Понедельник не порадовал погодой. Весь вечер на автостраду валил густой, липкий снег. Под его тяжестью прогнулись провода, опустились к земле ветви чёрных деревьев. Зыбкий свет луны едва освещал раскисшую от слякоти ленту шоссе и окоченевшую, с непокрытой головой фигурку девушки у придорожного столба. Девушка была в короткой тёмной шубке и полусапожках. Когда из-за поворота, ведущего в город, вспыхивали фары автомашин, она на миг оживала и слабо вскидывала замёрзшую руку. Но машины даже не притормаживали, и она вновь отступала в рыхлый снег, зябко жалась к столбу.
Глазунов — плечистый молодой репортёр областной газеты — увидел её, как только старенький «москвич» редакции вырвался на прямую дорогу…
„Формата на водата“ е първият от двайсетте романа с комисаря Монталбано. В него има всичко, което ще направи поредицата световен хит: ярки образи, грабваща интрига, хумор, любов и неочаквана развръзка. Влиятелен политик е намерен мъртъв в колата си, изоставена в местност с лошата слава на публичен дом на открито. Медицинското заключение е категорично: естествена смърт, но комисарят Монталбано иска разследването да продължи. Макар че когато разгадае цялата истина, част от нея ще запази само за себе си.
Аз не пиша трудно. Напротив, за мен е удоволствие да пиша. Но не изпитвам ли радост от писането, спирам. Ако страницата не диша и не върви леко, веднага я изоставям. Третият роман на Андреа Камилери от поредицата за комисар Монталбано не просто „диша“, а задъхано препуска през събитията. Тунизийски моряк е застрелян на малък рибарски кораб, покосен от неочаквана стрелба на бреговата охрана. Възрастен мъж е убит с нож в асансьор. И вместо да търси истината за тези загадъчни случаи, полицията мобилизира целия си състав за залавянето на дете, заподозряно в кражба на закуски. Поне така изглеждат странните действия на Монталбано, който никога не е бил толкова бесен. Докато се разбере, че странностите и гневът му имат своите страховити основания…
Когато Андреа Камилери публикува петия си роман с комисар Монталбано, телевизионният сериал по криминалната му поредица вече е стартирал. „Екскурзия в Тиндари“ има своя филмова версия само година след като излиза в Италия. Това не е случайно — историята е благодатна за екран: динамично действие, заплетена интрига и богат спектър от човешко присъствие — колоритен полицейски екип, очарователни жени, мафиотски бос и любопитни типажи в „поддържащите роли“. На преден план е емоционалният и прозорлив Монталбано, а фонът е самобитната красота на Сицилия. Млад мъж е застрелян пред дома си. Възрастна семейна двойка необяснимо изчезва. Има ли друго общо между двата случая, освен че жертвите живеят в една и съща кооперация? В търсене на отговора Монталбано разговаря с десетки хора, приема тайна среща с мафиотски бос, дори проучва еротични видеозаписи, но разбулването на загадката му подсказва… едно старо маслиново дърво. А разкритието се оказва толкова отвратително, че дори обръгналият в професията комисар е истински потресен!
Матушка Евлампия, в миру просто Клавдия Огурцова, известна в городе как ясновидящая в третьем поколении, и у нее нет отбоя от клиентов. Увы, но редкого дара и хорошей рекламы для бизнеса мало – нужен еще свой спец по добыче оперативной информации, без которой не выдать качественное предсказание. У Клавдии, к счастью, есть лучшая подруга и помощница Лиза, вместе они способны на многое: и труп спрятать, и миллионы найти, и распутать пару дел, которые оказались не по зубам полиции…
Вечная молодость и красота – мечта многих людей. Но на этом зачастую наживаются мошенники.
Стала жертвой обмана и Натка, сестра судьи Елены Кузнецовой. Она купилась на щедрые обещания и выложила за сомнительные средства крупную сумму, отложенную на обучение сына. Узнав об этом, Лена схватилась за голову! Но обманщиков уже и след простыл: сайт не работает, телефоны заблокированы. Неужели тупик? Но помощь пришла с неожиданной стороны: новое дело, которое предстоит рассматривать Лене, странным образом перекликается с печальной историей Натки…
Две женщины следят друг за другом.
У дома Фиби Миллер постоянно паркуется незнакомый автомобиль. Фиби уверена, что за ней кто-то шпионит. Но что может быть интересного в несчастной хозяйке, которая заедает горе мороженым, запивает вином и никуда не ходит?
Это знает только один человек.
В дом напротив въезжает семья: буйная Вики – идеальная лучшая подружка, о которой Фиби мечтала, и ее симпатичный сын Джейк. Лишенная красок рутина миссис Миллер начинает наполняться новыми смыслами, чувствами и волнениями, и она уже не вспоминает о странной шпионке в автомобиле.
Хотя стоило бы…
«Эта книга обязательна к прочтению всем, кто любит неожиданные убийства и искусные интриги» – BookPage
«Непредсказуемые сюжетные повороты для острых ощущений и глубокая история о горькой правде, скрывающейся за пестрым фасадом счастливой жизни». – Booklist
«Настоящая сенсация… Умный, смешной и напряженный триллер» – CrimeReads
Двое пылких мужчин устраивают изощрённый поединок за любовь прекрасной Сидзуко Хатаянаги. Обоим дуэлянтам удаётся избежать смерти, однако зрелый джентльмен Митихико Окада, выживший лишь благодаря милости юного Фусао Митани, не выдерживает позора и сводит счёты с жизнью. Это трагичное происшествие становится началом вереницы чудовищных преступлений, которые мучительным бременем ложатся на некогда процветающую семью Сидзуко. Но кто же стоит за всеми зверствами? Таинственный недоброжелатель, затаивший обиду на госпожу Хатаянаги? Или же Вампир — уродливое чудовище без губ, необъяснимым образом проникшее в дом Сидзуко?..
Эдогава Рампо является первым японским писателем, целиком посвятившим своё творчество жанру детектива. На родине он известен не только как автор, но и как литературный критик, создатель Ассоциации писателей детективов и учредитель премии для авторов детективных произведений. Также Эдогава Рампо был удостоен Медали почёта с пурпурной лентой и других правительственных наград.
Она чудом спаслась от маньяка и с тех пор боится выходить из дома одна. Она знает, спасение — только отсрочка неизбежного. Аделина готова встретить мучителя во всеоружии, но убийца придумал свой сценарий кровавого свидания.
Третья, заключительная часть цикла «Аделина Пылаева», по которому готовится экранизация.
Потеряв всякую надежду найти собственного принца, я погрузилась в работу с головой. Кто же знал, что тот самый принц явится в образе грозного начальника. По закону жанра я тут же должна была выскочить замуж, но даже влюбить в себя не смогла красавца по-человечески. Зато всего за сутки знакомства умудрилась уронить его, отравить и потерять бесценную вещицу. Словом, «Золушка по-русски».