About the book: 2023 / Famous lawyer Leonid Chernukhin was found dead in his apartment. Death occurred from a stab in the heart. There was also a suicide note: “... clinical depression... I can’t live like this any longer...”. At first glance, a typical suicide. But MVD colonels Gurov and Kryachko, who are investigating the case, do not believe in this version. All fingerprints in the apartment have been erased, the trash has been taken out - there was clearly someone else at the crime scene... Detectives check the lawyer's dissatisfied clients, his son, who extorted money from his father for gambling - everyone turns out to have an alibi. Who could wish a lawyer to die? The answer to the operatives was prompted by a similar crime that happened soon... 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..