Man in the Shadows

MARIA VORONOVA is a practicing surgeon and candidate of medical sciences. Therefore, about the fragility of human life, the strength of spirit, nobility, and devotion, she knows possibly more than other people.
However, not every surgeon has such literary talent as Maria Voronova, each of whose novels is about the fact that the main healing comes only from love. Great, real love.

The fateful shot in the Smolny corridor echoed through the decades. For the whole country, this is a page from the history textbook, for Irina - a personal challenge and a dangerous intellectual game. Why was the guard late by just a few seconds? Was the killer Nikolaev a fanatic or a submissive tool in the hands of the "men in the shadows"?
While Irina searches for answers in the yellowed pages of books, her loved ones face the challenges of the present. Sometimes a chance meeting in the library changes an entire life and forces difficult choices.