The Secret Against All

The continuation of the series "By the Name of Secret" featuring beloved characters Tatiana Polyakova. An ironic novel about the fragile balance between truth and falsehood, where everyone keeps their secret.

This is a story with a dynamic plot and a strong heroine who notices what others do not, even in the face of frightening truth. A novel where every detail heightens the tension, pulling readers into a world of secrets and mysteries, where the very truth is at stake.

In a remote forest, an 18-year-old girl is found hanged, and there are no clues indicating that the death was violent. But Tatiana Sviridova — a physical training instructor temporarily filling in for the investigator who is on sick leave — is troubled by some inconsistencies. For instance, who carved the arrow pointing upward into the tree, why are the jeans on the dead girl completely clean despite the muddy liquid at her feet, and how did the girl manage to climb the tree and expertly tie the rope without help?
The suicide theory begins to crumble, and Sviridova's suspicions are confirmed when another girl is found in a neighboring city, dead under similar circumstances. Almost everything matches, down to the initial letter of the last names of the hanged girls. And Tatiana, whom her friends called Secret in her youth, is forced to go against everyone in her attempts to track down the murderer.