Black Mark in the Passport

Another book from the legendary Leonnov—Makeev tandem.

Colonels Gurov and Kryachko are resting in Anapa. Here, at the hotel, the final of a literary contest by detective authors is taking place. Suddenly, the writer Kiryаnov is found dead in his room—shot with a pistol. The main suspect is his wife. Terrified, the woman denies any guilt, claiming she was framed. Gurov is ready to believe her: at the crime scene a cufflink with an anchor image is found—one that none of the suspects has… But in the widow’s handbag, a pistol appears—one that, many years ago, was used to kill another famous writer. By a cruel twist of fate, the participants of that bloody incident are now all gathered under one roof again…

Nikolai Leonov, in the past a MUR investigator, knew firsthand how the most tangled criminal cases are solved. That’s why each of his books is a truthful, 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 wealth of positive human qualities. Friends respect him, enemies fear him, and women love him. He is a true homegrown Superman. The novels about Lev Gurov have been attracting fans of domestic detective fiction for forty years. The classic "Black Cat" series includes more than 200 books, released in tens of millions of copies.