The Ring of Alexander Pushkin

What is it like to go on vacation and end up... on the wanted list? It all happened so quickly that Polina Svirskaya didn’t even have time to understand why her life suddenly turned into a nightmare. Just recently, she... was sitting in a comfortable carriage of the high-speed train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, chatting pleasantly with her traveling companion and looking forward to delightful days in the northern capital, and now she is horrifiedly hiding from the police. And no one will believe that she is not a terrorist — after all, it was her suitcase that exploded at the station!.. Fortunately, Polina's beloved husband, investigator Sergey Dulo, rushed to her aid. And together they have already begun to unravel this dangerous story, which unexpectedly turned out to be connected with the search for a seal ring with carnelian, once owned by Pushkin himself…

The brilliance of gemstones has captivated and blinded eyes for centuries. Their power of attraction is such that people sometimes stop at nothing to possess them. This often leads to crimes that are depicted in the best domestic detective stories from the series "Criminal Stones".