«...fear flickered in Kostik's eyes, — genuine, eerie.
— I didn't tell you, — I was afraid you would think I was crazy! — but now, after your words... Here’s the story... For the last month, I've been running into this girl. Quite beautiful, all in black, from head to toe, only her lipstick is red. I’m walking down the street, — and she’s coming towards me. And she’s looking at me. Smiling.
— On which street?
— That's the thing, on different ones! And always — coming towards me! Moreover, in different places! Step, she’s following me! A few days ago, I couldn't take it anymore, I asked her: «What do you want from me, girl?» I still get chills... I'm not a coward, but here... It got to me, Step. Do you know what she answered me? «How can I part with you? After all, I am your Death...»
Tatiana Garmash-Roffe knows perfectly well how a real detective story should be, and she follows the laws of the genre in her novels. A theatrical critic, she knows how to build dialogues and the dramaturgy of feelings. An extraordinary personality, she imparts a part of her charisma to her characters. The unpredictability of plot twists, precision in logic and details, psychological authenticity in the description of feelings — this is the ART OF DETECTIVE by Tatiana Garmash-Roffe.