You are holding in your hands the latest book written by Ioanna Khmelevskaya - and this, you see, is a phenomenon of world literature! She opened up for us not only the genre of ironic detective fiction, but also the amazing world of Eastern Europe. The winner of various literary awards and the author of sixty bestsellers, she said: “I swear to God! After this volume comes out, and I’m still alive, I will never answer anyone’s questions! Let all the curious read everything that has already been written...” Khmelevskaya boldly copied her hilarious characters from those around her, and she herself was adventurous, like her legendary lady Joanna. And Khmelevskaya had a lot to talk about - as a child she survived the German occupation, in her youth - incredible family somersaults, and then chuckled as if murder was a much more exciting thing than the most unearthly love. And Khmelevskaya turned her life into a delightfully funny and piercingly sad comedy - for all of us who loved her books so much...