About the book: 2020 / Stories and stories are published in two books, “Drowning in Sin” and “Return to Leave.” The author began writing the works that are included in these collections back in the 1970s - from the first years of his work in law enforcement agencies - as well as those that were created in recent years. Here is a portrait of a diverse era. The background, in particular, was the incredible expanses and shores on which the Russian people were thrown out by the echo of the death of the great Soviet empire - from the fictional southern Russian city of Likhomansk to the very real boulevards of Paris. But with it you can see how rapidly your life has changed in recent years, how people have changed, their ideas about good and evil, about what is possible and what is not, what is forgiven and what is never…