Revenge is a Dish Best Served Hot

In early 1914, a change of leadership is being prepared in the Department of Police. The director suggests to the head of the criminal investigation department, Alexei Nikolayevich Lykov, to go on a business trip somewhere to the countryside to... wait out the change of power. Lykov chooses Ryazan. His friend, General Taube, asks Alexei Nikolayevich to deliver a monetary gift to his former orderly, Vasily Poludkin, who has settled in Ryazan. Fifty rubles for a retired orderly who has found a job as a watchman at a factory is a lot of money. But the gift brings trouble — the watchman is murdered and robbed. The formal business trip takes on a new meaning. Lykov feels it is his duty to punish the murderers of his friend's former orderly. He traces a certain Yegor Knyazev, nicknamed Knyaz — a man known for his ambition and cruelty. However, he is unable to apprehend him in Ryazan…

Author: Николай Свечин

Printhouse: Eksmo

Series: Detectives and Thieves. Historical Detectives by Nikolai Svechin

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2024

ISBN: 9785042020360

Number of pages: 352

Size: 205x147x32 mm

Cover type: твердая

Weight: 407 g

ID: 1676273

In early 1914, a change of leadership is being prepared in the Department of Police. The director suggests to the head of the criminal investigation department, Alexei Nikolayevich Lykov, to go on a business trip somewhere to the countryside to wait out the change of power. Lykov chooses Ryazan. His friend, General Taube, asks Alexei Nikolayevich to deliver a monetary gift to his former orderly, Vasily Poludkin, who has settled in Ryazan. Fifty rubles for a retired orderly who has found a job as a watchman at a factory is a lot of money. But the gift brings trouble — the watchman is murdered and robbed. The formal business trip takes on a new meaning. Lykov feels it is his duty to punish the murderers of his friend's former orderly. He traces a certain Yegor Knyazev, nicknamed Knyaz — a man known for his ambition and cruelty. However, he is unable to apprehend him in Ryazan…

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