The Dressing Game

The legendary detective duo Leonov—Makovey. The first victim of the maniac was nicknamed “the bride’s corpse.” The killer dressed her in a rotted wedding dress and placed her in a doll-like pose in the courtyard of a bridal boutique. Colonel Gurov from the Interior Ministry understands: such theatricality means the killer is craving fame—and won’t stop at just one “performance”… The next victim appeared in Saratov. The girl was tied to a stele, her wrist pressed to her lips—as if she were biting herself in a fit of hatred. What could that mean? Gurov meets the teachers of the local university. With their help, he manages to decipher the maniac’s messages hidden in the victims’ poses. But that doesn’t prevent a new terrible incident…

In the past, Nikolay Leonov, a former 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 unpredictable intrigue and an unexpected ending. The main hero of these books, Colonel Lev Gurov, is a top-class detective, and he also has a wealth of positive human qualities. Friends respect him, enemies fear him, and women love him. He is a real homegrown Superman. For forty years, novels about Lev Gurov have consistently attracted fans of Russian detective fiction. The classic series “Black Cat” includes more than 200 books, released in tens of millions of copies.