The Unspoken Word

The last clue dies at half a word.

1903. In Moscow, in the Zivodernaya settlement, a middle-class woman Matryona Kulebyakina is fatally stabbed. On the way to the hospital, she briefly comes to her senses and answers the nurse's question, "Who attacked you?" with: "I lived...", after which she dies. Based on this lead, the investigator detains Matryona's fiancé, Tavrion Zhilinskiy, who she had recently rejected. However, it soon turns out that he has an alibi… The complicated case is entrusted to the judicial investigator for particularly important cases Ivan Fyodorovich Volovtsov. He reviews the circle of suspects and finally uncovers the motive for the crime. So precisely, that he himself becomes a target for the killer...

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