The legendary detective tandem Leonov — Makeev. In the center of Moscow, a woman's corpse wrapped in film was found in the wall of an office. At first glance, the crime is no more than a day old. In fact, socialite Elena Samoita, whose body was removed from the wall, was murdered several years ago. The case was closed long ago, and the culprit, the husband of the murdered woman, is serving time in prison. How can this be? To the surprise of the detectives, it turned out that Elena did not die then, she worked in Moscow in full view, and recently opened a network of travel companies. Interior Ministry Colonel Lev Gurov understands that there is some kind of criminal substitution behind all this. He decides to re-examine the materials of the old case and soon finds the main witness of this mysterious story.…Nikolai Leonov, a former MURA investigator, knew firsthand how the most complicated criminal cases are solved. Therefore, each of his books is a true, fascinating story with unpredictable intrigue and an unexpected ending. The main character of these books is Colonel Lev Gurov, 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 Russian superman. Novels about Lev Gurov have been attracting fans of the Russian detective story for forty years. The classic "Black Cat" series has more than 200 books, which have been published in tens of millions of copies.