About the book: 2022 / Another book by the legendary Leonov-Makeev tandem. Colonels of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Gurov and Kryachko spend their vacation in a hotel that is not It is only stylized as a medieval castle, but, like any castle, it has its own legend. The former owner allegedly turned into a vampire and to this day guards the treasures hidden in the castle. One fine day, one of the maids suddenly dies, and the death is skillfully framed as the revenge of a ghost. Of course, the detectives realized that there was no smell of mysticism here, and they were dealing with an elaborate murder committed by someone living in the hotel. Suspicion falls on the manager, who has been behaving rather strangely lately. Perhaps it is he who is trying to cover up the crime with an ancient legend? The case is further complicated by the news of an unsolved murder that happened in the same castle a year ago... Nikolai Leonov, a former MUR investigator, knew firsthand how the most complicated criminal cases are solved. Therefore, each of his books is a true, exciting story with unpredictable intrigue and an unexpected ending. The main character of these books, Colonel Lev Gurov, is a high-class detective, moreover, with a lot of positive human qualities. He is respected by his friends, feared by his enemies and loved by women. He is a real domestic superman. Novels about Lev Gurov have invariably attracted fans of Russian detective stories for forty years now. The classic “Black Cat” series includes more than 200 books, with tens of millions of copies sold..