The main character, an official of the 14th grade, Erast Petrovich Fandorin, serves as a clerk in the Detective Department and secretly dreams of becoming a detective. By the will of circumstances, he finds himself involved in the investigation of a mysterious suicide.
Paul I is called a tyrant and even a madman, but his character and history are much deeper than the mask that his descendants undeservedly endowed him with. His mother's estrangement, rejection of the court and endless attempts to figure out who and why actually killed his father formed a deeply tragic personality. After becoming emperor after many years of waiting, Paul sought to get rid of the permissiveness of the nobility and improve the lives of serfs and ordinary soldiers. However, will he succeed in realizing his plans and retaining power?
The life of an advertiser does not look successful: the work brings income and satisfaction, the beloved woman agreed to get married. But everything collapses in one moment: Kostya's father dies, and on his hands is not only a family business – a manufacturer of women's shoes, but also helpless relatives who are used to the fact that their problems are solved by a man. Kostya is clearly not suitable for the role of "head of the family": he does not devote enough time to his fiancee Sonya and daughter marusa, he does not communicate much with his mother, and even less with his daughter from his first marriage. He is not interested in the family business and does not delve into the business of the company. But the tragedy forces him to grow up: Kostya no longer goes with the flow, but finds the strength to stand at the helm of the company and be a support for all his women.
A fascinating spy thriller about the everyday life of a Russian intelligence officer abroad. The Middle East. Intelligence officer Viktor Bystroletov arrives in one of the countries of the oil basin under the guise of an international journalist. His goal is to establish contact with a former terrorist named Javad. It has been several years since Javad retired and disappeared in an unknown direction…