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Interactive Suspense Fiction

A Pinch in Saint Petersburg - A Dream Vacation Mutates into a Nightmare

While on a much-needed vacation to exotic Saint Petersburg, the formidable and former Leningrad - a capital city of Russia -  the unthinkable happens; your spouse and your daughter are snatched in broad daylight right in front of you moments before your scheduled private tour of the world's largest art museum.

In a capital city of a country you do not know with millions of people speaking a language you do not speak you must find your loved ones and take them back. That's A Pinch in Saint Petersburg to be sure.

You Started Out on the Trip of a Lifetime - And Ended up with your Life Forever Changed.

You patted yourself on the back for your resourcefulness - buy advance tickets to the Hermitage, get there early to beat the lines and meet the private tour guide you hired who can explain it all.  The love of your life by your side and the apple of your eye frolicking at your feet after a long time apart you're ready for a perfect today, right?

WRONG!

Gazing at the impressive facade of one of the world's truly great palaces, you turn away from your family for just a second.  And then your head snaps back at the squeal of tires. Your brain cannot process what your eyes are telling you - your life partner and your daughter are stuffed into the back of a Mercedes at gunpoint! The car races off as your mind grapples with unreality.

An Unlikely Ally Against an Unknown Opponent?

A mature, well dressed man approaches you in the wake of your personal disaster.  He claims to know who's taken your family and offers his help.  Shaking, you consider his offer.  Do you accept  his invitation to join him in a nearby cafe? What will you learn there? What help can he offer? Should you bother? What sort of deal with the devil might you make? Since this is interactive fiction every decision at every turn of the plot is yours to make.

You Are Your Own Hermitage Tour Guide

The stage is set at The Hermitage and every aspect of this world-famous museum is implemented with acute attention to every detail. How can we be so sure? Because Implementor Howard Sherman spent ten days in Russia last summer with complete and total focus in capturing every single detail of Saint Petersburg and injecting his primary experience into this interactive fiction novel.

Read Howard's A Pinch in Saint Petersburg blog here. It's loaded with pictures, audio and day-by-day impressions.

 Art aficionados will be treated to a virtual tour of The Hermitage delivering an immersive "you are there" experience. As you sail through room after room of the Hermitage museum in search of even a whisper of a clue, memories of the dark moments that started your day haunt you.   Who's for you? Who against you? Should you turn the tables and play this sadistic game by your own rules? Do you gamble the lives of your family to free them or play it safe or go with what you know?

You shouldn't assume that all the answers are hidden in the vast Winter Palace.  The surrounding streets and canals are there open for your exploration. As you float ghost-like through in the streets of Saint Petersburg looking for any trace of your family you'll be hard put not to notice the famous sites and historical locations - even in your grief.

You're on your own in Saint Petersburg whether you realize it or not. 

You've got the answers - but are they the right ones to see this interactive suspense novel through to a happy ending?

We Want You to Try This Astonishing Suspense Fiction Novel with Zero Risk

We aren't going to ask you to trust us on this.  We respect you too much for that.

Instead,  Malinche provides a generous return policy.

Malinche's own President & CEO has PERSONALLY approved this policy: We want you to take your time in Saint Petersburg and spend as much time with it as you want....for 60 days. At the end of those 60 days, you can either keep this interactive fiction suspense novel or request a refund for any reason whatsoever. 

The choice is entirely yours. If you do choose to delete this suspense fiction title we will make sure you are rushed back a complete refund of your money. You aren't risking a penny this way - A Pinch in Saints Petersburg must meet your every expectation or you get all your money back. Period.

That's more than fair, and it's the way we treat everyone because we here at Malinche all wish to be treated the same way. We're offering the best "guarantee of satisfaction" you could ever ask for. You don't have to trust us at all -- we have to trust you! And we do.

Own Your Copy of this Suspense Thriller Instantly

  $49.95 for instant digital download of your new interactive suspense novel.  You'll step inside The Hermitage and start this suspense thriller in just a couple of minutes.

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