About the book: 2015 / This volume of the "Geniuses of Russian Detective" series presents a selection of stories from the first part of "Sketches of the Criminal World of Tsarist Russia" by the Russian criminologist, detective and writer A. Koshko. Extraordinary intrigues, exciting twists and turns, mysterious stories, mysterious incidents, interesting characters and, of course, the flavor of Russian life of that period await readers on the pages of this collection. A. Koshko’s stories are based on true events.