Farewell, Byzantium!

Misfortune pursues the numerous Abakanov family — out of several brothers and sisters, three have already been killed. Killed brutally and unexpectedly. And it seems this is not the end. What has such punishment come to this respectable and seemingly... prosperous family? All of them are descendants of the sinister-legendary General Abakanov, the "Stalinist satrap" who sent hundreds and hundreds of people to the GULAG. Is this a delayed revenge against the general? Homicide department chief Nikita Kolosov is convinced of this. And Katya Petrovskaya, an employee of the Press Center, is tormented by vague doubts. And the reason seems trivial — an ancient Byzantine coin found at the site of one of the crimes. Katya constantly feels that in its dim golden light, the truth will suddenly shine through…
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, the tormenting and alarming anticipation of something unknown and frightening… All of this Tatyana Stepanova manages to reproduce brilliantly. Random encounters, everyday affairs, insignificant details are portrayed in her detective stories in some special, dramatic light, as if an innocuous spring meadow is in front of a rapidly approaching storm.