About the book: 2022 / A stunning detective story about a crime in the highest echelons of power. The famous expert Drongo investigates a crime where state secrets are kept like nowhere else in the world. This should not have happened. This simply COULD NOT happen! In the building of the Cabinet of Ministers, at his workplace, in broad daylight, Deputy Prime Minister Maltsev was killed. Where a random person would never penetrate. Where no one will be able to enter the Deputy Prime Minister’s office without approval. Where everything is crammed with cameras, where there are a lot of guards, where every step is subject to strict regulations. And yet, it happened. Monstrous. Inexplicable. Without making the shameful information public, the murdered man is urgently and solemnly buried. The official version is death from a heart attack. The deputy prime minister’s daughter cannot come to terms with the lie and asks expert Drongo to find the killer. The detective is no stranger to complex investigations. But when federal services stand in his way, responsible for the safety of top officials of the state and not wanting publicity, the investigation turns into a subtle, smart and extremely dangerous game... The novel gives difficult answers to difficult questions. Because the level is too high. Chingiz Abdullayev was born on April 7, 1959 in Baku. Member of the USSR Writers' Union since 1989. President of the PEN Club of Azerbaijan. His life is no less interesting than his books. Recipient of the Orders of Lenin, the Red Banner, and the Red Star. Awarded the Order of Glory of Independent Azerbaijan. An honorary officer of special forces units of five states, including the legendary Georgian Omega. The American Christian Science Monitor named him one of the best authors in the political detective genre. The author's books have been translated into twenty-seven languages ​​and published in the CIS and Baltic countries, the USA, France, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, Romania, Israel, Bulgaria, Serbia, Albania. Seven films and two TV series have been made based on the writer's novels.