Death in the Original

13 hrs. 34 min.

Mystery, Thrillers & Action

Language Russian

Authors Nikolay Leonov, Alexey Makeyev

Author Nikolay Leonov

Author Alexey Makeyev

Narrator Anton Cheskidov

Description

Another book from the legendary duo Leonov — Makeev.

In the Moscow region, an elderly woman, Alevtina Golikova, disappears under strange circumstances. In the past, she was a translator and a staff member of the Soviet embassy in the GDR. The woman went to the capital in her own car—and before that, seemingly casually, told the lodgers that now her cherished dream would be fulfilled: she would get a good renovation done and go on vacation to the sea.

A police colonel Gurov suspects that Golikova was planning to get a large sum of money from her former colleague at the embassy. But for what? Perhaps the reason for her death is hidden here. The detectives work through the victim’s social circle and soon reach a stunning conclusion. The motive for killing the unfortunate old woman was provided by… the great Raphael Santi… Nikolay Leonov, formerly an investigator for the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department (MUR), knew firsthand how the most tangled criminal cases are solved. That’s why each of his books is a true, gripping story with an unpredictable intrigue and an unexpected ending.

The main hero of these books, Colonel Lev Gurov, is a top-class detective with a whole host of positive human qualities. Friends respect him, enemies fear him, and women love him. He is a real homegrown Superman.

Novels about Lev Gurov have been drawing fans of domestic detective fiction for forty years without fail. The classic series “Black Cat” includes more than 200 books, released in print runs of tens of millions of copies.