Urban Rate

It seems like a very simple case: a middle-class businessman killed his mistress and went on the run. Finding him is just a matter of time. But the more Anastasia Kamenskaya and her colleagues gather information about all the figures involved in this story, the more tangled the crime begins to look. It appears that this is far from an ordinary murder; unclear, but dark outlines of some kind of organized system begin to emerge, ruthlessly grinding down human destinies. Within this system, everything has its fixed price, including human life, which, in fact, is not valued very highly. Kamenskaya has no idea that she too has been assessed and is now an unwitting participant in a large-scale and cynical game, the outcome of which is completely unpredictable...

«Marinina not only writes detective novels but also answers eternal questions. The author treats her readers like a kind and experienced teacher to students who need support, guidance, and direction on the right path. Optimistic and practical in her didactics, Marinina poses the question of "how to live" and tries to help the reader find their way to a better life in today's world. Through her detective novels, Marinina writes a modern novel of "emotional education": the author's main goal is education through entertainment». — Anatoly Vyshevsky, Grinnell College, USA