About the book: 1976 / The detective’s active intrusion into the sphere of moral issues does not in any way entail the loss of the romantic aura that has invariably surrounded the work of a law enforcement officer in literature police. The hero of S. Vysotsky's stories, Lieutenant Colonel Kornilov, together with his young colleagues, unravels a complex tangle of crimes. These investigations serve as a reason for the author to pose serious moral problems..