The novel “Craft of the Devil” immerses the reader in the tense atmosphere of Petersburg life on the eve of and at the beginning of the First World War. Spy wars of international intelligence agencies brought the outbreak of hostilities in Europe. Intrigues, abductions, omnipresent agents—everything is confronted by the main characters, thanks to their courage, dignity, strength of spirit, ingenuity, and love.
Nikolay Breshko-Breshkovsky (1874–1943) is known as one of the founders of the Russian spy detective genre.