About the book: 2009 / Going to the sea with Rosalia, Katarina had no doubt: her glamorized mother-in-law would turn her vacation into torture. Not only did Rosalia indulge in holiday romances with all her might, introducing herself to her fans as either a countess or a princess. So she also forced Katka to carry thirty gallons of rejuvenating water on the way back, taken from a local spring, reputed to be miraculous. In those rare moments when Rosalia left her daughter-in-law alone, Katarina spent time in the company of her new acquaintance Varvara Nizhegorodskaya. Upon arrival in Moscow, Varvara invited Katka to her anniversary, after which Nizhegorodskaya’s nephew was found in a large freezer. Did the relatives really try? Varvara begs Katarina to investigate the crime…