About the book: year / St. Petersburg police captain Valery Aleksandrovich Shishkin - in his youth, a criminal investigation officer who was seriously stabbed, has been serving as an ineffective investigator for a long time. Now he is an investigator of the district Department of Investigation for simple and non-resonant cases. And there are only two years left until retirement with full service... But man proposes, but God disposes! And off we go! From the author: this is the very beginning of my new historical fiction book series. Mysticism in the history of Russia, St. Petersburg, Tomsk, etc. I have long wanted to write about all this. Meet the first book!