The Last Electric Train

April 1950. The Moscow region listens to the sound of wheels — and counts the victims. In the pockets of the dead — tickets with no date. Investigator Arkady Nikitin is convinced: this is not a route, but a false... lead. He knows: the killer is nearby, traveling on evening suburban trains and choosing those who are hurrying home. While the investigators argue about who it could be, someone is already looking at the platform glistening from the rain. There is always a spare seat on the «Last Electric Train». Will you sit down?

- A retro-detective with a noir breath: the 1950s, suburban trains, halts between Serpukhov and Moscow.
- A dynamic plot: the internal struggle of Nikitin and Orlov’s versions, the disappearance of a key witness, the risk of a new victim.
- Serial murders on the railroad and investigations without gadgets — only observation, logic, and nerves.
- The final question is not about who the killer is, but about how to stop the one who turns the way home into a path to the grave.

An ideal novel for lovers of retro-detectives, noir, and criminal drama set against the backdrop of the Soviet era. For readers who enjoy «investigations without technology»: pure deduction and character.

Author: Валерий Шарапов

Printhouse: Eksmo

Series: Moscow Region Evenings. Detectives about Post-War Criminal Investigations

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2026

ISBN: 9785042293719

Number of pages: 320

Size: 210х135х31 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 350 g

ID: 1731248

April 1950. The Moscow region listens to the sound of wheels — and counts the victims. In the pockets of the dead — tickets with no date. Investigator Arkady Nikitin is convinced: this is not a route, but a false lead. He knows: the killer is nearby, traveling on evening suburban trains and choosing those who are hurrying home. While the investigators argue about who it could be, someone is already looking at the platform glistening from the rain. There is always a spare seat on the «Last Electric Train». Will you sit down?

- A retro-detective with a noir breath: the 1950s, suburban trains, halts between Serpukhov and Moscow.
- A dynamic plot: the internal struggle of Nikitin and Orlov’s versions, the disappearance of a key witness, the risk of a new victim.
- Serial murders on the railroad and investigations without gadgets — only observation, logic, and nerves.
- The final question is not about who the killer is, but about how to stop the one who turns the way home into a path to the grave.

An ideal novel for lovers of retro-detectives, noir, and criminal drama set against the backdrop of the Soviet era. For readers who enjoy «investigations without technology»: pure deduction and character.

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