Murders that do not fit into any of the logical patterns of the police investigation. For the principles by which the mysterious criminal acts are incredible, and the «selection» of victims is implausible. Remember the English song translated by Korney Chukovsky: “And behind the crooked river / In the crooked house / We lived in summer and winter / Crooked mice”? For the residents of the Three Pediments mansion, this song is very relevant — the cottage, which has grown with outbuildings, inhabited by a large noisy family, really resembles that “crooked little house”. In such a house, a cheerful commotion is simply obliged to reign. But one day murders began to be committed there …
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