About the book: 2018 / A series of daring robberies puzzled the criminal investigation department. A clever robber enters offices, easily opens safes, but takes from there... only part of the money. Each time he leaves a note: “Expropriation of expropriators.” What is this – an ideological robbery or a mockery of the Moscow Murder District? Colonels Gurov and Kryachko begin the investigation and come across a strange subject, who at first glance seems to them crazy. But it’s not for nothing that they say that first impressions are deceiving. Colonel Gurov very soon becomes convinced of this when he finds himself on the verge of death…