The Keeper of Royal Secrets

Polina received an email about the death of Alina Bekesheva – the wife of a famous politician. Instead of an image of Alina, the email included her own photo! And the most astonishing thing is that in reality, this murder took place only the next day. The victim was crucified and then dressed in 16th-century Russian clothing…
In Alina Bekesheva's bedroom, a copy of an ancient fresco depicting the engagement of Grand Duke Ivan III with Sophia Palaiologina was discovered. It was Sophia who brought part of the famous library to Moscow – the very one that Ivan the Terrible later hid in an unknown location…
Arriving at the Bekeshev mansion and descending with the investigator into an unmarked cellar in the house's layout, Polina was horrified. In a tall vertical niche stood a wooden cross, blackened by time. On it, with arms outstretched, hung a crucified mummy…