The Killer's Assistant

In post-war Pskov, two similar robberies occur one after the other. In both cases, the criminals steal paintings by the famous artist Shapiro, who emigrated from the USSR in the 1920s. The investigation is assigned to the head of the operational department, Pavel Zverev. The detectives manage to establish that the victims of both robberies once worked together in the neurology department of the same hospital, and the future artist Shapiro was their patient. Perhaps someone who knew about this decided to collect their own collection of valuable canvases… This version remained viable until Zverev and his operatives tracked down the legendary gang that operated in Pskov even before the war…