About the book: 2019 / Lykov was promoted to rank, now he is a state councilor. And he became a bureaucrat for a short time: temporarily in charge of the Eighth Office of the Police Department. The G8 is an all-Russian investigation force; it coordinates the actions of all detective departments of the empire. But the bureaucrat from Lykov does not succeed: office work is not for him. Fortunately, Stolypin found a better use for Alexei Nikolaevich. The Prime Minister is concerned about the increasing frequency of expropriations in St. Petersburg and Moscow. People are dying, the raiders are stealing large sums of money. The police cannot find the criminals. And Lykov is tasked with eliminating gangs of expropriators in two capitals. A temporary group of investigators has been created under his command, with special powers. State Councilor goes hunting…