Смерть как искусство.в двух томах. Маски. Правосудие.

Life is a theater, and the people in it are actors." The famous Shakespearean saying perfectly suits the new novel by the queen of modern detective Alexandra Marinina. After all, Theater is not only high art, it is like a living organism that does not tolerate lies, betrayal and sometimes taking revenge very cruelly.

In the New Moscow theater, a mysterious and incomprehensible crime is being committed - an attempt on the life of the director and artistic director L.A. Bogomolov. private detective Anastasia Kamenskaya and a young operative from Petrovka Anton Stashis begin an investigation that leads them to surprising and unexpected results.There are many suspects, they all lie, and each has their own reasons for this lie: parental love, blind passion, and vile blackmail, and the thirst for success, which is obtained at too high a price, and the fear of exposure.It would seem that everything revolves around the Theater, but one small, seemingly insignificant event, rooted in the past and becoming fatal as a result, gives rise to new evil. And today the time has come to restore justice... “Life is a theater, and the people in it are actors.” The famous Shakespearean saying fits perfectly with the new novel by the queen of the modern detective story, Alexandra Marinina. After all, Theater is not only high art, it is like a living organism that does not tolerate lies, betrayal and sometimes takes revenge very cruelly. A mysterious and incomprehensible crime is being committed at the New Moscow Theater - an attempt on the life of director and artistic director L.A. Bogomolov. Now private detective Anastasia Kamenskaya and a young operative from Petrovka Anton Stashis begin an investigation that leads them to surprising and unexpected results. There are many suspects, they all lie, and each has their own reasons for this lie: parental love, blind passion, vile blackmail, thirst for success that comes at too high a price, and fear of exposure. It would seem that everything revolves around the Theater, but one small, seemingly insignificant event, rooted in the past and resulting in a fatal event, gives rise to new evil. And today the time has come to restore justice...