The Investigator's Secrets-1

The collection brings together novels about the difficult investigations of Maria Shvetsova during the years when serious crimes fell under the jurisdiction of the prosecutor's office, and the Investigative Committee did not yet exist. But criminals are not concerned with the specifics of law enforcement agencies — murders, thefts, and official crimes occur in any historical era. Who will make the decisive "Move with the Queen of Spades" — the investigator or the mysterious killer who goes hunting on Saturdays? All the victims are women, and is this a coincidence or a fixed idea of a maniac? After all, the women are different, like cards in a deck: a young girl, an elderly matron, a troubled housewife. Maria Shvetsova must understand what connects all these crimes, while also dealing with her teenage son and a complicated personal life. "Heroes are not killed," they are fired, as operatives and investigators say. The kidnapping of a businessman’s wife in broad daylight, a series of attacks on currency exchange points, the robbery of a jewelry store — each day brings a new incident, and sometimes it is unclear: is this a struggle between criminal authorities or big politics? It's especially difficult to investigate a case if the suspect is your friend, whom you have known for many years and with whom you have shared a lot, and those who are in the investigative group clearly do not play on the side of the investigation. "A sheep's skin" is an excellent disguise for a bloodthirsty wolf. Maria Shvetsova is asked to take on the case of a high school student's death under very strange circumstances. Remarkably, this case intertwines with the murder of a minor entrepreneur, which risks remaining an eternal "cold case," if not for the victim’s friend — an ideal witness who remembers everything and is ready to do anything just to ensure the killer is found and punished. And all this time, the criminal is close beside Shvetsova. Will she manage to understand that she is almost face to face with a maniac?