The Rat King

5 hrs. 40 min.

Language Russian

Author Valery Sharapov

Narrator Egor Braun

Novels about true heroes of their time—employees of Soviet милиция whose service risk and daily feat were a familiar part of the job.

Summer 1966. The lifeless body of Yuri Vadimchenko, a department store porter, is found murdered: a fatal blow to the head. In the apartment there are clear signs of a search: things scattered, drawers pulled out, the wardrobe left open. Obviously, the criminals were looking for something specific. But what could be valuable to an ordinary drunkard, repeatedly caught for hooliganism? Deputy Colonel of милиция Andrey Plotnikov considers various theories until he notices, at the crime scene, inconspicuous cans of “Zavtrak turista” (Breakfast of a Tourist). What turned out to be inside one of them shocked even seasoned detectives and operatives…

It was quite recent—during a time when honor and unquestioning loyalty to a dangerous service were considered the main and mandatory qualities of Soviet милиция officers…

The Color of Envy (narrated by Alexey Voskoboynikov) Cold Twilight (narrated by Albert Khasiev) Cold Blade (narrated by Maxim Ushakov) Bloody Backstage (narrated by Nikolay Boronin) The Rat King (narrated by Egor Braun) The Night of Three Deaths (narrated by Igor Lomakin) Blood Kin (narrated by Evgeny Lebedev) The Luxurious Underside (narrated by Evgeny Lebedev) The Luxurious Underside (narrated by Evgeny Lebedev) Deadly Shot (narrated by Oleg Tomilin) Deadly Frame (narrated by Oleg Tomilin) Station of Reckoning (narrated by Yuriy Nesgovorov) Station of Reckoning (narrated by Yuriy Nesgovorov) The Mystery of Three Murders (narrated by Aleksandr Kovalev) Frozen Fear (narrated by Sergey Kuleshov) 0. Other People's Sins (narrated by Maxim Ushakov) 0. Others' Sins (narrated by Vitaly Sulimov) 0. Cold Gold (narrated by Igor Lomakin) 0. The Rat King 0. People Without a Past (narrated by Evgeny Lebedev) 0. Frozen Fear (narrated by Sergey Kuleshov) 0. The Golden Ashes (narrated by Kirill Petrov)

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