NewThe Unspoken Word2026
Evgeny Sukhov
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Book 9 of the “Notes of a Court Detective” series

The Unspoken Word

The last piece of evidence dies mid-word.

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Original publisher:
Eksmo
Year:
2026
Language:
Russian (original)
Translations:
English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (in preparation)
The Unspoken WordExcerpt in Russian.

About the book

The last piece of evidence dies mid-word.

1903. In Moscow, in the Zhivodyorny quarter, the townswoman Matryona Kulebyakina is mortally wounded with a knife. On the way to the hospital she briefly regained consciousness and, to the paramedic's question “Who attacked you?”, answered “Zhil...”, and died. On this lead the investigator detained Matryona's fiancé, Tavrion Zhilinsky, whom she had recently turned down. However, it soon emerged that he had an alibi... Sorting out the tangled case is entrusted to the judicial investigator for especially important cases, Ivan Fyodorovich Volovtsov. He reviews the circle of suspects and at last finds the motive of the crime. And does it so precisely that he himself becomes the killer's target...

A historical detective novel about a crime of the early last century. The author immerses us in the atmosphere of that time so vividly that we can literally hear the clatter of the cobblestones, the noise of the city bazaar, the ringing of bells and the piercing whistles of the policemen...

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The Unspoken Word