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Dangerous Evidence
Sergey Baksheev
Translated from the Russian
by Boris Smirnov
Translator Boris Smirnov
© Sergey Baksheev, 2019
© Boris Smirnov, translation, 2019
ISBN 978-5-4496-1551-0
Created with Ridero smart publishing system
Annotation
The Noose is a series of detective novels about a woman detective. Protagonist Elena Petelina is a tenacious, creative and decisive woman with an unsettled personal life. Besides investigating crimes, she must solve the problems afflicting her loved ones and delve into the secrets of the past – all while she strives to love and be loved.
Book1: Secret Target
Book2: Dangerous Evidence
Dangerous Evidence. A young woman’s suicide sets off a whole chain of mysterious crimes. Detective Petelina is being blackmailed to destroy a vital piece of evidence. Her former husband has been ruined by a conman, and her close friend is accused of a crime he did not commit. Only a rapid and effective investigation can restore her normal life. And Petelina decides to take a risk. She befriends the killer in order to expose him – but the cunning and respectable criminal figures out her plan.
Copyright © Sergey Baksheev, 2019
1
The dirty snowbanks at the entrance to the apartment building were melting into puddles. Igor Vasilevich Grebenkin double-checked the address on the piece of paper in his hand. The feckless 50-year-old father had come to Moscow for the first time in his life to see his grown daughter. A faded ushanka hat – made of muskrat fur and long since unfashionable – betrayed his provincialism. Seeing that he was at the right place, Grebenkin began waiting patiently in front of his daughter’s apartment building as they had agreed on the phone earlier.
The entrance door slammed and a young woman with a black mane of finely-curled hair flitted out of the building. Grebenkin gasped to himself: How pretty she is! An unzipped red jacket with a fox-fur lining, a white blouse revealing ample cleavage, a black leather skirt and maroon boots with high heels all underscored the girl’s sex appeal.
“Katya!” exhaled Grebenkin, moving toward the girl.
Noticing the crimson welt on her cheekbone, he knit his brows.
“Who did that?”
“I got into a fight with Boris. Nothing is ever enough for that bastard.”
“Look, I know all about the line of work you’ve been forced into. I’ve come to put an end to all that. Just wait till I get ahold of him!”
“You don’t know the first thing about what’s going on. This is my life.”
“To hell with a life like that! Everything’s going to be different now.” Grebenkin rummaged in his pockets and produced a small box with a worn lid. “Here – this is the ring I wanted to give to your mother. It’s yours, Katya.”
“That’s a lie! You never had any ring for her. Otherwise, why’d you run off as soon as I was born?”