About the book: 2010 / The entire criminal investigation department in Moscow is "on the hook." And no wonder: near the building of the Financial Academy, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Igor Smirnov was shot dead. And now the work of Colonels Gurov and Kryachko is endless... Smirnov, an energetic and uncompromising manager, nurtured large-scale plans to eradicate corruption in financial circles, so he had many enemies. But where to look for them? A clue appears: it seems that Smirnov was threatened a few minutes before his death by a certain banker Kryachevsky, a dubious personality in all respects. Gurov's superiors consider the banker to be the main suspect. But the detective has a different opinion…