Nine Incarnations of a Cat

They say that where the Cursed Collection appears — in a house, in a museum collection… — strange and mysterious events always begin to happen. And, undoubtedly, it brings with it a trail of deaths. Do you believe that? However, when the Cursed Collection, unique ancient Egyptian artifacts, was delivered to the museum, Darya Yudina came for an audit from the Accounts Chamber and… was killed. What is this? Coincidence? An astounding twist of fate? Or?.. Just earlier in Krasnogorsk, some malefactor poisoned all the cats brought to an international exhibition in a zoo hotel. Katya Petrovskaya, a police captain and a staff member of the Press Center of the Moscow Region's Internal Affairs Directorate, and her friend Anfisa, a photographer, take an active part in investigating these cruel crimes that almost cost them their lives… The novels of hereditary investigator Tatyana Stepanova allow the reader to experience a literary “room of fear.” Mysterious murders, an almost tangible atmosphere of crime, a poignant and anxious expectation of something unknown and terrifying... All this Tatyana Stepanova manages to reproduce brilliantly. Random encounters, everyday affairs, insignificant details are depicted in her detectives in some special, dramatic light, as if an innocuous spring meadow before an impending storm.