Novels by Mark Maxim (poet, fiction writer and journalist B.V. Olidort acted under this pseudonym), published in the 1920s. - a classic example of “red Pinkerton” literature. On their pages live and act foreign intelligence officers, crafty agents of imperialism, fatal and unfortunate beauties and intrepid Soviet spies. The novel “The Death of Anna Or” tells about espionage intrigues in Odessa during the foreign intervention of 1919. In the image of the central character, film actress Anna Or, one can guess silent film star Vera Kholodnaya and numerous legends associated with her untimely death in Odessa in February 1919