Two masked robbers, after raiding the post office, make off with a large sum of money. A police officer manages to wound one of the bandits, but they manage to escape. Soon, a bag with the stolen money is found. However, all the bills in it turn out to be fake… Kolya Pozharsky, who works as a camp leader at the pioneer camp, learns that one of the girls, Sonya, boasted to her friends that her father had been found, and they would soon go south. The girl treated her friends to ice cream, and once paid in a store… with a fake ten-rouble note. Kolya tells the district officer Akimov about this. Together they decide to follow Sonya, unaware of the unexpected encounter awaiting them…
The atmosphere of the post-war generation, familiar to many readers, when the spirit of youth and freedom is intoxicating. From 'anything goes' to 'stop, I will shoot' is just one step.
Crime novels about a time that is still cherished in many families. Characters reminiscent of cult images from the film 'Goodbye, Thugs of Zamoskvorechye'.