About the book: 2022 / Another book by the legendary Leonov-Makeev tandem. Interior Ministry Colonel Lev Gurov is trying to help an illegally detained colleague from the Department of Economic Crimes. He is accused of a murder he did not commit. Someone clearly decided to settle scores with the policeman. But who and why? Gurov finds out that in the mid-90s there was a criminal group operating in the city, whose members, after being detained, managed to avoid serious punishment. Gurov’s current colleague was able to find out who “smeared” the bandits back then. The detective decides to expose a dangerous criminal. However, Gurov's plan fails at the last moment. Suddenly, the colonel himself finds himself in mortal danger... Nikolai Leonov, a former MUR investigator, knew firsthand how the most complicated criminal cases are solved. Therefore, each of his books is a true, exciting story with unpredictable intrigue and an unexpected ending. The main character of these books, Colonel Lev Gurov, is a high-class detective, moreover, with a lot of positive human qualities. He is respected by his friends, feared by his enemies and loved by women. He is a real domestic superman. Novels about Lev Gurov have invariably attracted fans of Russian detective stories for forty years now. The classic “Black Cat” series includes more than 200 books, with tens of millions of copies sold..