Notes of an Investigator

In 1921, fifteen-year-old journalist of a provincial newspaper Lev Sheinin entered the Higher Literary and Art Institute in Moscow. But in February 1923, he was assigned to work in the Prosecutor's Office of the USSR through the Komsomol distribution. In... 1927, Lev Sheinin's first story "The Trial is On" was published in the newspaper "Izvestia". Over time, the author became one of the most experienced and competent Soviet investigators, combining the solving of crimes with literary creativity. Most of the stories published in this collection were written by the author from 1927 to 1941. In them, he recounted unusual crimes committed during this period.