said the poet A. Kushner. And if each of us, alas, recognizes the correctness of these words and has come to terms with it, then the situation is completely different with the heroine of the new detective Joanna Chmielewska. Katarzyna Lichnicka, the young and beautiful owner of a large estate in Poland and considerable real estate in France, lived for herself happily in Poland in the 19th century, when suddenly an unknown force transports her from the calm year of 1882 to our turbulent times. We are already accustomed to the fact that the energetic and resilient heroines of Khmelevskaya’s novels have to overcome all sorts of obstacles, but this has never happened before. This time she is fighting with Time itself, because the title “Cursed Barrier” is a time barrier that Katarzyna has to cross in one direction or the other against her will, and therefore live in different times. And in each one they encounter extraordinary adventures. When the opportunity finally arises to choose which time to live in, the young beauty chooses ours without hesitation. You’ll find out why by reading the book. And they also say that times don’t choose...