About the book: 2024 / TERRIBLE FIND. It is dangerous to be close to Charles II: sometimes one wrong step leads to shame, expulsion and even death. The highest-ranking nobles of England are fighting for a place at the throne. And the scales may tip against Lord Clarendon when a dead man is found in the well of his house... WHO IS THE KILLER? James Marwood, a government clerk, is entrusted with the investigation of this matter, which under no circumstances should become public knowledge. Meanwhile, Marwood knows a person who has every reason to want the death of Edward Alderley, who was found dead - this is his cousin Catherine Lovett, the daughter of the regicide. A lot of evidence points to her. Now she may be sent to the scaffold... THE STAKES ARE HIGHER THAN EVER. Marwood is sure that Kat is innocent, so he decides to find the real killer. But time is running out. If he makes a mistake, it could threaten the reputation of the king himself...For the first time in Russian!