The main character of Lyudmila Martova’s new novel “Dance of the Lace Ballerinas,” Snezhana Mashkovskaya, has more worries: in addition to preparing for the exhibition, her small child and her beloved husband, investigator Zimin, do not let her get bored with lace weaving. And then there’s the mysterious death of a neighbor, which turns out to be a murder. And the traces, as Snezhana learns, lead to the past... Lyudmila Martova was born, raised and lives all her life in Vologda, so the action of her novels usually takes place in the Russian outback. Her heroines are women forced by circumstances to become strong and decisive. They find a way out of any difficult situation and, of course, like everyone else, they dream of happiness.