Death in the Original

THE ILLEGAL CONSUMPTION OF NARCOTICS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, AND THEIR ANALOGUES CAUSES HARM TO HEALTH; THEIR ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING IS PROHIBITED AND CARRIES THE LIABILITY ESTABLISHED BY LAW.Another book by the legendary duo of Leonov and Makeev.In the Moscow region, pensioner Alevtina Golikova disappeared under strange circumstances. She had previously worked as a translator and an employee of the Soviet embassy in East Germany. The woman set off for the capital in her car, and before that, as if casually, mentioned to her lodgers that her long-held dream was about to come true—she would do a good renovation and go on vacation by the sea. Colonel Gurov of the Ministry of Internal Affairs suspects that Golikova was planning to receive a large sum of money from her former embassy colleague. But for what? Perhaps there lies the reason for her death. The detectives investigate the victim's circle of acquaintances and soon reach a stunning conclusion. The motive for murdering the poor old woman was provided by... great Raphael Santi himself...Nikolai Leonov, a former investigator with the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department, knew firsthand how the most tangled criminal cases were solved. That is why each of his books is a true, gripping story with an unpredictable intrigue and an unexpected finale. The main character of these books, Colonel Lev Gurov, is a top-notch detective who also possesses a wealth of positive human qualities. He is respected by friends, feared by enemies, and loved by women. He is a true domestic superman. For forty years now, novels about Lev Gurov have consistently attracted fans of domestic detective fiction. The now-classic "Black Cat" series counts more than 200 books, published in print runs of tens of millions of copies.