Near the Metro, at Sokol

A nostalgic detective story plunges you into an era when people didn’t fear policemen, “the investigation was conducted by experts,” and criminals didn’t get away with everything. The author lovingly recreates the signs of the times—literally bringing the look of the capital’s streets to life and filling the novel with the tiniest details of everyday life. 1975. Between the Moscow districts of Sokol and Aeroport, several ominous murders occur: the victims are elderly women with no apparent connection to one another. The case is taken up by Captain Pokrovskiy of Petrovka 38. The knot of secrets grows ever more tangled; investigators find themselves dealing with shady traders from Begovaya, household workers from the CSKA sports complex; a trail suddenly emerges from a very ancient icon—and in one of the city’s morgues, a body without documents is discovered… Written with sparkling irony, this detective novel is read in one breath. Pure delight for anyone who wants to remember the times of their childhood and youth—or to visit the place where “time machine” of Vyacheslav Kuritsyn managed to reach. © Vyacheslav Kuritsyn, text, 2022 © LLC Publishing House “Livebook”, design, 2022 © Everbook