The Secret of the Ring of Venus

The Ring of Venus illuminated the fateful love of a hetaera and a slave-gladiator many centuries ago. Today, this artifact of passion, discovered by a tourist in cave ruins, once again lures with its golden web of beauty, inciting madness... and crimes... Forensic expert Natalia Pisarenko, who was spending her vacation in Kusadasi, realizes with astonishment that the Turkish coast is of no interest to any of the hotel guests, not even as a gift. The events happening here exclude any thoughts of relaxation. When Natalia finds her German friend's cooling body instead of a romantic date, it becomes clear: the murderer will go to any lengths for the Ring of Venus... He walked, fell, woke up — in a cast. Journalist Olga Tarasevich narrates the story of writing her first novel in a similar vein. She fell ill with the flu, stayed home, and since her favorite detective novels had long been read, she decided to invent a murder herself...