What a fun mystery! The main character starts out the sickly wife of a rich man her mother found for her, spending her days in the house reading detective novels--until a mysterious woman shows up to blow up her life. Her first thought is to commit suicide...but instead she winds up stumbling into a mystery of her own. So she doesn't just find a mystery to give her life serious purpose, but a fun family to make her life full. Her learning to cook is almost a bigger triumph than bringing down criminals. Go Евлампия Go! (Also go me for my first adult book in Russian!)