Death in the Cherry Nine

Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Lev Gurov is invited to the anniversary evening of the renowned film producer, and in the past, a well-known criminal authority Mikhail Makovsky. During the banquet, the guest of honor asks the detective to help him bring back his twenty-year-old daughter, who has gotten involved with a bad crowd and has gone missing. The next day, Makovsky is found hanging in his garage. His wife claims that the wayward daughter drove her husband to suicide. Gurov finds this version unconvincing. His doubts are intensified after the examination revealed that the victim was first shot and then the killer hanged the body in a noose. The detective decides to dig into Makovsky's criminal past, and soon an unsightly story comes to light…

Nikolai Leonov, a former investigator, knew firsthand how the most convoluted criminal cases are solved. Therefore, each of his books is a true gripping story with an unpredictable intrigue and surprising ending. The main character of these books is Colonel Lev Gurov, a top-notch detective, endowed with many positive human qualities. He is respected by friends, feared by enemies, and loved by women. He is a true domestic superhero. The novels about Lev Gurov have been attracting fans of domestic detective fiction for forty years. The classic series "Black Cat" includes more than 200 books, published in print runs of tens of millions of copies.