The Snow Queen's Path

In the ancient castle of Isservil, once belonging to the Templars and now to the Count of du Colombier, strange events are taking place: ghosts wander the corridors, a bloody inscription appears on the mirror saying «You will all die here»... The hosts and guests, gathered to celebrate Christmas Eve of 1884, are horrified, for outside the castle rages a snowstorm, isolating it from the world. But the most dreadful thing is that the prophecy begins to come true: one by one, the guests perish, and then the host himself... It is unknown how this would all end if among the guests at the castle there had not been Amalia — a secret agent of the Russian emperor, hiding for a time under another name...

Valeria Verbinina is a well-known Russian writer, having published more than 50 books. Valeria's thrilling novels have been published by the «Eksmo» publishing house since 2000 in various series, but her historical detective stories about Amalia, the emperor's secret agent, have gained the most fame.