Seven Ways to Salt Souls

"Seven Ways to Salt Souls" — a thriller about cults from which it is impossible to escape. Nika doesn't like to talk about her childhood. Her father was the leader of a totalitarian sect and instilled fear in the entire town. He died when Nika was twelve, but the echoes of those crimes haunt her to this day. Many years later, Nika returns to her hometown of Staroaltaysk and discovers that not much has changed in the city. The girls from the sect are disappearing again, they are found already dead, and it is said that they have committed suicide. Someone else is watching Nika and sending her encrypted messages. But how can she prove that this is really happening when everyone around thinks Nika is crazy? Only Roma believes her, whose sister has gone missing.

Vera Bogdanova is a writer, translator, and literary reviewer. She is the author of the novel "Season of Poisoned Fruits," which became a bestseller in Russia and France and was included in the lists of major French awards. Winner of the "Moscow Art Prize," finalist for the "National Bestseller" and "Made in Russia" awards.