The Varangians: The Salt Wolf

A writer whose books contain both harsh strength, love, and nostalgia for the times when solid principles and true manly honor were valued. His dynamic crime novels are read by people of different generations, and the total circulation of his books exceeded 13 million copies.

Lieutenant Colonel Artem Malakhov is appointed head of the police department in a small town on the Volga, shrouded in a grim reputation: three previous bosses were killed one after another. Already on his first day in the job, Malakhov faces a nightmare discovery— a body of a strangled black caviar merchant is pulled from the river.

Local criminal leaders, long known to the police, fall under suspicion—but it’s possible the threads lead to Eve, the sister of one of the gangsters. When new murders occur, there’s no time to hesitate, and Malakhov decides to get closer to the fateful beauty to understand what role she plays in this story.