Dark Instinct

As if death itself had settled in the luxurious villa of the world-famous opera prima donna Marina Zvereva: her husband had his throat slit, her closest friend was bludgeoned to death with fire tongs, and the singer herself was strangled in her own bedroom. No, this is not the work of a runaway serial killer lurking somewhere nearby, the investigation concludes. The murderer is a person from Zvereva's inner circle. As the investigation unfolds, more and more new and sometimes quite spicy details about the seemingly close-knit family emerge, members of which are obsessed with the darkest passions and instincts...

The novels of hereditary investigator Tatiana Stepanova allow the reader to experience a literary "room of horror." Mysterious murders, an almost palpable atmosphere of crime, the agonizing and anxious anticipation of something unknown and frightening... All of this Tatiana Stepanova manages to reproduce brilliantly. Casual encounters, everyday matters, insignificant details are depicted in her detective stories in a particular, dramatic light, as if the harmless spring meadow were before a rapidly approaching storm.