Marriage with fear

In the suburban villages near Moscow, a series of bloody murders are being committed at the same time. The savage nature of the crimes and the unusual murder weapon suggest that a sophisticated maniac is at work in the area. The police are on the trail of the criminal, but the chase remains unsuccessful until journalist Katya Petrovskaya joins the investigation. The detective novels by Tatiana Stepanova, a hereditary investigator, allow the reader to enter a literary "room of fear." Mysterious murders, an almost palpable atmosphere of crime, the lingering and unsettling anticipation of something unknown and frightening... All of this Tatiana Stepanova brilliantly reproduces. Chance encounters, everyday tasks, insignificant details are depicted in her detective stories in a special, dramatic light, as if an innocuous spring meadow before an approaching storm.