Autumn 1950. In one of the rooms of a communal apartment in Moscow, the former convict Matvey Zubkov dies from an overdose of sleeping pills. Behind the thin partitions, seven of his neighbors hear groans, wheezing, and the dying scratch...
of nails. But no one comes to help. In the morning, the police will say - he died quietly, in his sleep. From natural causes. AND ALL SEVEN WILL CONFIRM THIS LIE. Disguising himself as a simple drunk storekeeper, investigator Arkady Nikitin moves in to take the place of the deceased. Everyone believes he is a nobody. An empty space. THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE. Soon, the investigator realizes that behind every door lies its own truth. Each resident has seen something, knows something. But everyone is silent. BECAUSE IN THIS COMMUNAL APARTMENT, THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF THE KILLER. HERE THEY ARE AFRAID OF THE NEIGHBOR. Nikitin, wearing the guise of a storekeeper, cannot conduct interrogations, demand, or threaten. He can only look into eyes filled with lies and wait for one of the neighbors to make a mistake. But his wife Varya and daughter Masha cannot wait. BECAUSE THEY HAVE BECOME BAIT IN A CAGE WITH WOLVES. And the main question here is no longer “who killed the old man?”, but… HOW TO FIND THE ONE KILLER IF EVERYONE IS GUILTY?
Series: Podmoskovnye Vechera. Detective Stories about Post-War Criminal Investigation
Age restrictions: 16+
Year of publication: 2026
ISBN: 9785042352133
Number of pages: 320
Size: 207х135х28 mm
Cover type: hard
Weight: 350 g
ID: 1740326
Autumn 1950. In one of the rooms of a communal apartment in Moscow, the former convict Matvey Zubkov dies from an overdose of sleeping pills. Behind the thin partitions, seven of his neighbors hear groans, wheezing, and the dying scratch of nails. But no one comes to help. In the morning, the police will say - he died quietly, in his sleep. From natural causes. AND ALL SEVEN WILL CONFIRM THIS LIE. Disguising himself as a simple drunk storekeeper, investigator Arkady Nikitin moves in to take the place of the deceased. Everyone believes he is a nobody. An empty space. THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE. Soon, the investigator realizes that behind every door lies its own truth. Each resident has seen something, knows something. But everyone is silent. BECAUSE IN THIS COMMUNAL APARTMENT, THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF THE KILLER. HERE THEY ARE AFRAID OF THE NEIGHBOR. Nikitin, wearing the guise of a storekeeper, cannot conduct interrogations, demand, or threaten. He can only look into eyes filled with lies and wait for one of the neighbors to make a mistake. But his wife Varya and daughter Masha cannot wait. BECAUSE THEY HAVE BECOME BAIT IN A CAGE WITH WOLVES. And the main question here is no longer “who killed the old man?”, but… HOW TO FIND THE ONE KILLER IF EVERYONE IS GUILTY?
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