Another book from the legendary Leonov–Maksеyev duo.
In an apartment on Patriarch’s Ponds, an elderly woman is murdered and robbed—a widow of a famous jeweler. Major Gurov and Kryachko of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with the trainee attached to them, inspect the apartment and realize that the thief knew exactly what he was after and took only the most valuable items. This is confirmed by the victim’s granddaughter. Among the missing things is an expensive statuette, apparently used as the murder weapon. Gurov understands: if he manages to find the statuette, he’ll be able to easily identify the criminal. The detective makes every effort to track down what’s been stolen—without yet suspecting how terrible the ending of this bloody story will be…
Nikolay Leonov, in the past an investigator for the MUR, 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’s a real homegrown superhero.
For forty years, the novels about Lev Gurov have consistently attracted fans of Russian detective fiction. The classic series “Black Cat” includes more than 200 books, published in tens of millions of copies.