About the book: year / Anton Chizh is a modern Russian writer, known mainly as the author of retro detective stories, the action of which takes place in St. Petersburg and the surrounding area at the end of the 19th century. early 20th centuries. Born in the city of Lvov (Ukraine), in the early 80s he graduated from a special mathematical school and returned to his historical homeland in Leningrad, where he studied at the theater studies department of the Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography named after. N.K. Cherkasova. In the early 90s he came to television - Channel 5 (St. Petersburg). He created the programs “In Plain Sight”, “Men’s Stories”, “5 Evenings”. Chizh also managed to make several documentaries. With the beginning of the millennium and another restructuring on the channel, he went into the advertising business, where he headed the advertising departments of large chain retailers and industrial holdings. At the same time, he filmed the documentary-fiction series “Crime in the Art Nouveau Style” (NTV channel) and the mini-game sitcom “Web Camera” (Channel 5), after which he said goodbye to TV forever. Most of the plots of Anton Chizh’s books are series about Rodion Vanzarov and Agathe Kern unfolds in the atmosphere of imperial St. Petersburg of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 2017, after 9 years of lying “on the table,” the novel “Red Triangle” was published, which critics call “a modern dystopia written in blood,” one of the most terrible books of the decade. In 2018, with the novel “Only Dead Twice,” Anton Chizh launched a new series of spy thrillers with intense intrigue and historical context, set in European countries. Anton Chizh participated in seven collections of short stories by the best Russian writers, and in three collections of detective stories . In 2019, based on the novel “The Queen of Diamonds,” the TVC channel premiered the 4-episode mini-series “Agatha and Detective. Queen of Diamonds.” In 2016, he became a finalist for the historical detective award “Aunt Agatha.” In addition to famous literary works, there are several non-fiction books under his passport name (Konstantin Gavrilov). Lives in St. Petersburg. Contents: Alexey Pushkin: 1. Queen of Diamonds 2. Roulette of Fate 3. Profitable Risk Rodion Vanzarov:4. Death to husbands! 5. Dead Ball 6. Scent of Blood 7. Crime Formula 8. Merciless Orpheus 9. Secret Powers 10. Death Wears Purple 11. Dangerous Name 12. Cold Hearts 13. Butterfly Fight 14. Out of the Darkness 15. Prospero's Labyrinth 16. Chimera's Labyrinth 17 . Divine poison 18. Five drops of death 19. Camouflage 20. Machine of fear