The Most Conspicuous Killer

The atmosphere of coming-of-age for the postwar generation—close to many readers, when the spirit of youth and freedom intoxicates. From “everything is allowed” to “stop—I'll shoot” is one step. Criminal novels about a time whose memory still carefully lives in many families. Characters reminiscent of cult images from the film “Goodbye, hooligans of Zamoskvorechye.”

In a wooded area near a railway platform outside Moscow, a dead woman is found. The robbers stripped her of her clothes, stole money and valuables. By a fatal coincidence, this woman—still alive—was seen by Kolya Pozharsky, who was waiting for the commuter train. He also noticed the person who, just before the train arrived, approached the future victim… Kolya hesitated for a long time before telling the lieutenant Akimov, an operative officer, hoping that together with his peers he could figure out the criminal on his own. But the forces were not equal. Only when he ended up in the sights of a cold-blooded killer did Kolya realize his mistake…