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The Seventh Victim
Neither Nastya Kamenskaya, an officer with the Criminal
Investigation Department, nor Tatyana Obraztsova, a detective,
could predict that their agreement to appear on the TV
satellite-link programme ‘Women in unusual professions’ would
lead to tragedy. Straight after it goes on air, solitary,
poverty-stricken people begin to die one after the other, and
beside the bodies, the mysterious killer leaves messages which
cannot be understood or deciphered. Who are these messages for,
Nastya or Tatyana? And who will be the next victim?
The Apparition of
Music
Elena Dudareva, the successful owner of a tourist
agency, has been murdered. The police manage to
track down a blind young man, Artiom, who talked
to the murderer. Artiom cannot describe the
murderer, but he well remembers the murderer’s
voice and the music he listened to. Throughout
the investigation of this contract killing,
Anastasia Kamenskaya has a difficult problem to
solve: has she the right to put the young invalid
at risk to find the murderer?
Requiem
A young Moscow policeman is killed under
mysterious circumstances. His bride, Lera, wears
an expensive diamond ring, stolen during the
killing of the wife of an important official.
Lera lives with her grandfather, an ex-convict
who killed her parents many years before,
orphaning her. Anastasia Kamenskaya and her
Criminal Investigation colleagues must unravel
this tangle of mysteries.
I Died Yesterday
Two contributors to the TV programme ‘Face
without make-up’ perish when their car
explodes. Some time later, the popular TV
journalist, Alexander Ukhanov, discovers there is
a contract out on him. It’s a contract put
out by his own wife! Ukhanov unexpectedly comes
under investigation by the police, over the death
of Inessa, a witch. Anastasia Kamenskaya,
investigating the explosion that killed the TV
stars, and Tatiana Obraztsova, dealing with the
death of the witch, try to unravel the complex
knot of these two crimes.
Men's Games
A maniac has appeared in Moscow, who, within a
short space of time has strangled seven people.
Eduard Denisov, a big-time mafioso, points out to
Anastasia Kamenskaya, an officer of the Criminal
Investigation Department, that there’s
something in the case of the mad strangler that
doesn’t add up; at least one of the victims
has nothing to do with the serial killings.
Taking up the search for the madman, Anastasia
discovers, to her horror, that in all
probability, someone close to her is involved in
these crimes.
The Victim’s
Name is – Nobody
A young man is suspected of murdering his
landlady, who has willed his flat to him as a
mark of her gratitude for his day to day help.
The investigation into this case, begun in St.
Petersburg, unexpectedly gets mixed up with the
killing of members of the landlady’s family
in Moscow, where once again, traces of the same
young man are discovered. It seems the murderer
has been found…
The Radiant Face of
Death
On a rubbish tip on the outskirts of Moscow, the
body of a smartly-dressed, attractive young woman
is found. It seems the murdered woman possessed
an uncontrollable sexual appetite, and sought out
partners through a marriage bureau. Within a
short time a suspect is found for this crime.
However, straight after his arrest, events take
an unexpected turn…
The Illusion of Sin
It’s difficult to remain unmoved by the fate
of Irina Terekhina, worn out by the overwhelming
task of nursing her sick family. Six years
earlier her mother crippled herself and three of
her children. Only Irina was spared. What could
have caused such a dreadful tragedy? Years later,
one by one, the people who could have shed light
on what happened are dying …
The Stylist
Swarthy, dark-haired young homosexuals, dead from
drug overdoses, a stolen ‘Volga’, found
close to an elite cottage estate, a theft in a
video shop, a double murder in the home of a well-known
writer – Anastasia Kamenskaya, an officer
with the Criminal Investigation Department, has
pieced together these puzzling crime fragments in
order to convict a criminal whose keen mind,
consumed with jealousy and hatred, has generated
a monstrous plan.
Don’t Hinder
the Executioner
February 1996. After serving his sentence, a man
who is to be used as a trump card in the run-up
to the election, is released from prison.
Anastasia Kamenskaya is given the task of
guaranteeing his safety on his way back to Moscow.
Having returned with the ex-convict, she begins
an investigation into a series of strange
killings. The victims of these crimes are
themselves guilty of the brutal murders of
elderly people, young girls and children. Who is
this mysterious executioner, punishing criminals?
Someone Else’s
Mask
Anastasia Kamenskaya, an officer of the Criminal
Investigation Department, takes on the
investigation of the strange death of a famous
writer…. The wife of a man convicted of the
premeditated murder of a businessman asks private
detective Stasov to prove her husband’s
innocence…. Unexpected changes in the
circumstances surrounding these cases,
mysteriously interconnected, lead to an
unexpected outcome.
Everything has to be
paid for
Following the murder of the manager of the ‘Lozanna’
agency, Anastasia Kamenskaya, an officer of the
Criminal Investigation Department, uncovers a
strange sequence of sudden deaths among creative
and scientific workers. She has to confront
secret ‘offices’, with their own people
in all areas of law enforcement. These ‘offices’
force Kamenskaya to be suspended from duty, and
lead to an official investigation of her
collaboration with the big-time mafioso Eduard
Denisov.
Posthumous Icon
At the centre of this novel’s criminal
activities is the mysterious ‘office’,
having its own people in all areas of law
enforcement. Through blackmail and threats, they
attempt to lure into their ranks Anastasia
Kamenskaya, an officer of the Criminal
Investigation Department. Will she succeed in
maintaining the upper hand in this tough battle?
The Black List
Film stars are dying in mysterious circumstances
during a film festival. The search for the
killers takes place among those interested in
eliminating their rivals and winning the main
prize. The solution to the four murders, however,
belongs to the heroic lieutenant colonel Stasov,
but only after his own daughter narrowly escapes
death…
Death and Some Love
In one of Moscow’s registry offices, a shot
rings out and a bride is killed. On the same day,
within a couple of hours, in another registry
office, an identical tragedy occurs.
Investigating these strange killings, Anastasia
Kamenskaya discovers that a number of brides had
received a threatening letter the day before, but
for some reason, none of them had informed the
police.
Underlings Die First
An officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs,
investigating the illegal export of precious
metals, has to hide from his own colleagues, who
accuse him of taking bribes and committing two
murders. Trying to get to the truth and prove his
innocence, the officer infringes upon the
interests of powerful criminal networks, who hire
a hit man to liquidate him.
Death for Death’s
Sake
At first sight, it’s simply a case about
exposing a secret adoption, but suddenly strange
circumstances surround it. Taking up the case,
Anastasia Kamenskaya, an officer of the Criminal
Investigation Department, encounters an
inexplicable phenomenon: the sharp rise in the
level of crime in just one Moscow district. Her
attempts to unravel this puzzle nearly cost her
her life.
The Unwilling Killer
Anastasia Kamenskaya, an officer of the Criminal
Investigation Department, carries out a private
investigation which unexpectedly connects with
the unsolved murder of a policeman. All at once
it seems that it’s not only the CID hunting
the policeman’s murderer.
Stolen Dream
Working on a murder case, Anastasia Kamenskaya, a
detective with the Criminal Investigation
Department, deduces that there’s an
informant of a criminal gang working alongside
her. From that moment Anastasia’s life is in
danger.
Away Game
For several minutes of lust, ending in the death
of their partner, perverts are paying criminals
huge sums for providing the girls and filming
these acts on video. Detective Anastasia
Kamenskaya, having nearly become the victim of
the dangerous gang, and distrusting the local law
enforcement agency, finds an ally in the shape of
the local mafia boss.
The Coincidence of
Circumstances
Irina Filatova, one of the leading operatives
with the Ministry of Internal Affairs’Scientific
Research Institute, is found dead in her home. At
first sight, the death appears to have been
accidental – an electrical fault. However,
Anastasia Kamenskaya comes to the conclusion that
this was a cold-blooded and premeditated murder.
The Six-Winged
Seraph
A gripping detective tale about Mafia structures
within the drugs trade, which permeate the
highest levels of law enforcement.
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