Past Affairs

A stylish series by the fashionable author of retro-detectives Nikolai Svechin. The book will be a gift for all fans of the suspense genre!

Nikolai Svechin is one of the most famous authors of historical detectives, a nominee for the "Russian Detective" award and a leader in his niche.

The most famous series by Svechin is the one about the investigations of Alexei Lykov. It already counts more than 20 novels and collections, each featuring a separate crime story but recognizable characters. The effect of a suspenseful series.

In the spring of 1884, the dark, heavy ice melted from the Neva late. A chilly damp wind began to wash ashore the grotesque swollen corpses. This time there were simply a monstrous number of them. However, the police of St. Petersburg quickly and without a shadow of doubt found the reasons: either drowning by negligence, or in an alcoholic state, or in a stupor. Accidents, what can you do...

The Deputy Director of the Police Department Pavel Afanasevich Blagovo disagrees with the official point of view. Together with Alexei Lykov, he seeks permission for a second autopsy of a certain innkeeper Ostashkov, who allegedly fell into the river while drunk. The results of the water analysis in the deceased's lungs shock Blagovo...

The book consists of five novellas, returning the reader to the times of young Lykov and the still living Blagovo.