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Book 2 of the “Cases of Investigator Volovtsov” series

The Murderer's Mansion

In December 1902 news of a brutal double murder flew around Moscow: in their own house in Khamovniki the wife and the eldest daughter of the well-known Austrian brewer…

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Original publisher:
Eksmo
Year:
2013
Language:
Russian (original)
Pages:
200
ISBN:
978-5-699-66505-1
Translations:
English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (in preparation)
Also published as:
The Tsar's Case
The Murderer's MansionExcerpt in Russian.

About the book

In December 1902 news of a brutal double murder flew around Moscow: in their own house in Khamovniki the wife and the eldest daughter of the well-known Austrian brewer Alois Kar were hacked to death. The investigation of the high-profile crime was taken into his own hands by Vladimir Lebedev, head of the detective department, who believed that the murder was committed by none other than the brewer's son Alexander. But Lebedev could never find irrefutable proof of his guilt, and the criminal case was soon suspended. And now a year later, by order of Nicholas II, the investigation of the double murder in Khamovniki was resumed. It was now entrusted to the outstanding judicial investigator and talented psychologist Ivan Fyodorovich Volovtsov...

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The Murderer's Mansion