Hunting the Tsar

Nikolai Svechin is one of the most famous authors of historical detective novels, a nominee for the "Russian Detective" award, and a leader in his niche.
The most famous series by Svechin is the one about the investigations of Alexei Lykov.... It includes over 20 novels and collections, each containing a separate story of crimes but with recognizable characters. The effect of a suspenseful series.

Alexei Lykov is a young, promising detective in the police of Nizhny Novgorod, a handsome man and a strongman, who can bend a horseshoe with one hand while easily removing a door from its hinges with the other, all while not missing the slightest details of the most complicated case. It is Lykov who must confront the terrorist Narodnaya Volya members who have declared a hunt for the tsar. Alongside bomb fanatic extremists, criminal authorities have also gotten involved in this dangerous game, and they are about to kill the monarch during his visit to Nizhny Novgorod...
But Detective Lykov, who has seen death and knows the value of life, must prevent the crime!

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