The House with the Black Ribbon

The legendary detective tandem Leonov-Makeev. 
A series of murders shocked the small town of Suhodolsk. First, an entire family of farmers – mother, father, and two underage children – perished in one night. Three days later, the head of the rural... administration was killed, followed by the former head of the regional police. Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Lev Gurov's first version – a showdown between local drug dealers – turned out to be unfounded. All the victims were shot with the same gun. But what else, besides the murder weapon, could connect such different victims by their status? Soon, Gurov realizes that he seems to have found the answer to this treacherous question…
Nikolai Leonov, a former investigator of the MUR, knew firsthand how to solve the most convoluted criminal cases. Therefore, each of his books is a true captivating story with an unpredictable intrigue and a surprising ending. The main character of these books, Colonel Lev Gurov, is a top-class detective, endowed with many positive human qualities. His friends respect him, enemies fear him, and women love him. He is a real domestic superman. For forty years, novels about Lev Gurov have consistently attracted fans of domestic detective fiction. The classic series "Black Cat" has over 200 books, with print runs in the tens of millions of copies.