Exile and the Learned Witch (Paperback) — Andriy Kokotyukha

Exile and the Learned Witch by Andriy Kokotyukha unfolds in the summer of 1911, when former Kyiv investigator Platon Chechel, now exiled, takes on a mysterious assignment in Poltava. Amid strange phenomena—livestock dying en masse, worsening weather, accusations of witchcraft against a young noblewoman—Chechel uncovers tangled roots of old family sins and supernatural occurrences. Wrestling with honor, survival, and buried truths, he must navigate between mystical threats and social conspiracies. This 304‑page paperback edition (2025, Vivat) delivers rich atmospheric suspense and psychological depth for adult fans of historical detective and gothic‑mystery fiction.