Novels about the real heroes of their era — Soviet police officers, people for whom feats of office are commonplace. The year is 1979. A man's body was found under a bridge over the Volga River in Kostroma. There was no money in his pockets, no documents, just information printed on good paper about a well—known hotel complex in the city. The administration identified the dead man as an engineer who had come from Moscow. Detectives Major Anton Ravcheev and Captain Nurlan Kulumbetov find out that this is not the only attack in the last month. An unidentified corpse with similar injuries was found near the train depot, and another one was found in the park near the station. Judging by the details, it was the same perpetrator. And obviously on someone's tip.… But by whom? The answer to this question amazed the experienced operatives.…It was quite recently. When honor and selfless devotion to a dangerous profession were the main and obligatory qualities of Soviet policemen…