Dark Ancestors of the Bright Baby

Dasha Vasilieva is a master of strange purchases, but this time she has outdone herself. Dashutka bought a spice called «Bnya Borzaya», which was delivered home from the store by... a dump truck. And now the whole family is racking their brains on how to get rid of this «delicacy».
At the same time, a student from the history department, Anna Volkova, turned to Colonel Degtyarev's detective agency. She works part-time creating family trees. One day, her mother gave Anna a bag decorated with her photograph as a young woman and the inscription «Bright Baby». The girl decided to make a reciprocal gift - her mother's family tree. While unraveling the ball of family secrets, Volkova found out that her grandmother lived her entire life under someone else's surname! And now she is asking the detectives to help find her ancestors and learn what happened to her grandmother. Degtyarev and Vasilieva begin the investigation and head to an orphanage where patients were deprived of life, only to be reborn in another form...

Daria Dontsova is the most popular and sought-after author in our country, loved by millions of readers.
Over 200 million copies of her books have been sold in Russia.
Daria Dontsova's detective stories are written in a special manner: in addition to an intriguing plot, they always contain a subtle humor, common sense optimism, and an unconditional belief in the triumph of good over evil. This is all that is needed for rest, relaxation, and a sense of peace.
Read Daria's books, and your hearts and souls will be filled with light, optimism, joy, and confidence in tomorrow! They will infect you with the desire to live, to enjoy each day, and to believe in the best.

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«Dontsova is an incredible hard worker! I do not know any other writer who works as much as she does. I regard her with respect, as a model of literary diligence. Women need psychological support and they receive it from Dontsova. I myself read several of Dontsova's novels in my time. Very different people read her books. Very busy businesswomen, to switch off for a while, and housewives who have a break of 15-20 minutes between taking children to and from school.» - Galina Yuzefovich, literary critic

«In Daria's work, the entire detective essence is just a backdrop for revealing characters and relationships between people. There is always intrigue, and until the last episode, it is unclear what, how, and why. In this sense, the conditions of the genre are absolutely fulfilled. Daria Dontsova is certainly one of the best.» - Dmitry Kharatyan

«I started reading a long time ago and became so engrossed! And now I read Daria's novels. I relax with them. Dontsova herself is an intelligent woman, she has a soft humor and a non-frightening plot, all with positivity and hope for a good ending. It's wonderful.» - Larisa Udovichenko