The legendary detective duo of Leonov—Makiyev. In a short time, four prisoners mysteriously disappear without leaving a trace from several Moscow detention facilities. The circumstances of each disappearance are different: one prisoner vanishes during roll call after a walk, another disappears from the infirmary, and another after a bath day. Formally, it’s an escape—but there are no signs of breaking in, no witnesses, and no accomplices. The search for the fugitives is entrusted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs colonels Gurov and Kryachko. They find out that all four prisoners were loners, had no heirs, rented housing, meaning no one was really waiting for them outside. What’s more, by court verdict, each of them received only minor sentences. So what could be the reason for such a sudden disappearance?… The story takes a decisive turn after one of the employees of the Penitentiary Service, who is somehow connected to the case, dies under strange circumstances…
Nikolai Leonov, in the past an MUR investigator, knows firsthand how the most tangled criminal cases are solved. That’s why each of his books is a true, gripping story with an unpredictable intrigue and an unexpected ending.
The main hero of these books, Colonel Lev Gurov—a top-class detective—also has a lot of positive human qualities. He’s respected by friends, feared by enemies, and loved by women. He’s a real homegrown superman. Novels about Lev Gurov have been attracting fans of the domestic detective genre for forty years without fail. The classic series “Black Cat” includes more than 200 books, released in tens of millions of copies.