One Deadly Secret

To finish her dissertation, Sasha Arkhipova arrives in a dying village where a unique birch bark manuscript was found. This is the official story, but in reality, Sasha escaped from her former lover. However, nothing goes according to plan –... she discovers a corpse in a ruined estate! It's her new acquaintance she met the day before. Her natural analytical abilities and scientific skills keep her restless. She is determined to understand what happened and unravel a family secret that traces back to a distant past...

Ludmila Martova was born, raised, and has lived her entire life in Vologda, so the action of her novels usually takes place in the Russian hinterlands. Her heroines are women, forced by circumstances to become strong and decisive. They find a way out of any, even the most difficult situations and, like everyone else, they dream of happiness.