The main hero of Stanislav Rodionov’s detective stories is investigator Sergey Ryabinin. Busy with the most unappealing, dirty deeds of people, Ryabinin has not lost faith in goodness, not even any youthful naivety—so Rodionov’s works attract not only with a sharp plot and deep insight into human psychology, but also with a certain special purity of attitude toward life, intelligence, and spirituality.