Hunting the Mage

Another book from the legendary duo Leonov — Makeev.
The duty unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs received a statement from the All-Russian Organization of Fortunetellers and Psychics. The victims asked to neutralize the maniac who had already killed several... members of this organization over the course of a year. Detectives Gurov and Krychko found out that all the murders followed the same classic ritual: the criminal drove a aspen stake into the heart of the victim and hung a necklace of garlic around her neck. The hypotheses put forward by the investigation seemed unconvincing until the unusual motive behind this bloody series unexpectedly became clear...
Nikolai Leonov, a former investigator of the MUR, knew from experience how even the most convoluted criminal cases are solved. Therefore, each of his books is a true gripping story with an unpredictable intrigue and an unexpected ending. The main character of these books, Colonel Lev Gurov, is a top-class detective, endowed with many positive human qualities. He is respected by friends, feared by enemies, and loved by women. He is a true domestic superhero. For already forty years, novels about Lev Gurov have consistently attracted fans of domestic detective stories. The classic "Black Cat" series includes over 200 books, published in print runs of tens of millions of copies.