The Secret of the Bloody Night

He was known by all. But he did not know himself...

1904. In Kazan, two girls were brutally murdered. Their neighbor Elvira Shimanova was also harmed: her one-year-old son disappeared from the apartment, the criminal struck the woman in the face with an iron, and her body was stabbed with a knife. Elvira survived but lost her sight and hearing, and therefore was unable to give testimony. Judicial investigator for particularly important cases Ivan Fedorovich Volovtsov suspects the victim's husband, Zinoviy Shimanov. He was seen by a neighbor that day with a bundle under his arm. However, it later turns out that the suspect has an alibi... The complex chain of investigation becomes tighter until the detective notices a detail forgotten by the killer at the crime scene...

A historical detective story about a crime from the early last century. The author immerses the reader so captivatingly in the atmosphere of that time that we can literally hear the rumble of the pavement, the noise of the city market, the ringing of bells, and the piercing whistles of the city guards…