From darkness

February 1901. On the outskirts of St. Petersburg, two workers are found with strange chopped wounds. The great forensic scientist Apollo Lebedev and his reliable partner Rodion Vanzarov take up the investigation of this mysterious case. Witnesses claim that they saw an incorporeal and faceless ghost near the corpses. But the detectives do not believe in the supernatural. Therefore, the first clue is found pretty quickly: the killer was dressed in a black cloak and a triangle hat. True partners will have to find out who arranged this bloody masquerade?

The Best of the Best collection, the best -selling novels and collections of the famous author of historical detectives Anton Chizh. You will see your beloved hero - Rodion Vanzarov - at different periods of his life: both very young and already mature detective. Vanzarov is one of the most successful "replicas" Akunin Fandorin, similar simultaneously to Pierre Bezukhov and Sherlock Holmes. The series has a new modern design and better than usual on poctors. The capsule can be a great gift for the New Year holidays