Scarlet Cluster of Tourmaline

Restorer Elena Besedina looked forward to an interesting new job restoring an old mansion in the very center of the city at the request of the famous patron Pyotr Bespalov. But when everything was already agreed upon, he was killed in that very house! The discovery of the body left Lena shocked, and only her meeting with the head of the construction company, Dmitry Makarov, helped her cope with this terrible situation. Bespalov's widow decided not to cancel the project in memory of her husband, and Elena found herself back in the ill-fated house. Something kept bothering her, urging her to examine the preserved details more closely, especially the old stoves with bas-reliefs…

The sparkle of gemstones has enchanted and blinded eyes for centuries. Their allure is such that people often stop at nothing in their quest to possess them. This can lead to crimes that are recounted by the best domestic detectives in the series "Criminal Stones".