The Elephant for Thumbelina

The 69th book in the series «Private Detective Dasha Vasilyeva».

Dasha Vasilyeva just wants to relax calmly during the vacation season like any normal person, but that’s not how it turns out! A lovely girl named Anna came to Colonel Degtyarev's office and reported that her mother has lost her mind. After the death of her husband, Anna's father, the woman tied her life to a certain Yuri Rogachev, a suspicious character of immense proportions. Anna doesn’t believe in Rogachev's love. He’s too sweet, like sugar with honey, and topped with chocolate. Yuri showered her mother with compliments and expensive gifts, but his eyes remained dull, like those of a dead fish. And then the mother ends up in the hospital with a heart attack, and a stroke soon follows. Anna suspects that the newlywed poisoned his wife and asks the detectives to uncover the truth about him. But instead of clear waters, Dasha had to dive into the «swamp» of the ugliest family secrets. And during the investigation, she gets to immerse herself even in a real swamp! Well, the smell of the swamp turned out to be ambrosia compared to the truth that Dasha managed to uncover.

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