Пружина для мышеловки

Дорошин #2

by Alexandra Marinina

Если выстрелить в прошлое из пистолета, оно ответит тебе из пушки. В точности этого высказывания капитан милиции Игорь Дорошин убедился, приняв участие в расследовании дела маньяка, убивавшего детей в далеких семидесятых. И когда спустя годы Игорь с друзьями взялись за него, оно "выстрелило" новой серией убийств, шантажа, обмана. Они живы - фигуранты той давней истории: и бизнесмен Аргунов, и крупный чиновник Ситников, и бывший милиционер Забелин, и писательница Истомина... Ведь это только кажется, что прошлое далеко. Спираль жизни туго сжимается, чтобы неумолимо распрямиться и воздать каждому по его заслугам...

Genres: Mystery, Russia

416 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Alexandra Marinina (real name Marina Anatolyevna Alekseyeva) is a Russian writer and crime stories author. For 10 years (1979 - 1989) she worked in milicia (police) as a criminology specialist.
She has written over 40 novels, published in over 17 million copies and translated into over 20 languages.
Most of her novels have a common central character Anastasia (Nastya) Kamenskaya. Whole series about Anastasia (Nastya) Kamenskaya contains 30 books.

Reviews

[Tina Tamman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can't write in Russian, so English will have to do.
This is a well-padded detective story that views the Soviet past with today's eyes. For me it certainly felt far too long - I didn't need all these explanations and hesitations that unnecessarily made me think of the target audience: probably younger than me who don't know the Soviet system that well. But I know and remember. I found the long passages of explanation simply irritating. However, on a positive note, I have read hardly anything in Russian but classics and a modern novel proved hugely enjoyable. Marinina has the vocabulary and I found it delightful to read her colloquial Russian.
The story is also good, linking the past and the present and tying the ends very neatly. My only reservation is about the structure: the intermittent narrator is just confusing, doesn't add anything. There are altogether a great number of characters. I also think that the book would have been better and tighter about 100 pages shorter.

[Мария Змийчарова · Rating 3 out of 5]

Дорошин май е по-добър от Каменская, но пък по-малко варени картофи се ядат, уви :)

[Vladas · Rating 3 out of 5]

skaitoma nors ir nuobodoka

[Dovile Sinke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pritariu, jog ši Marininos knyga šiek tiek nuobodoka...