Dead Alive

In the center of Moscow, in the wall of one of the offices, a woman's body wrapped in plastic was discovered. At first glance, the crime seems to be no more than a day old. However, the socialite Elena Samoyta, whose body was extracted from the wall, was killed several years ago. The case was long closed; the guilty party—the victim's husband—is serving time in prison. How could this be? To the surprise of the detectives, it turned out that Elena had not died back then; she had been working openly in Moscow and had recently opened a chain of travel companies. Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Lev Gurov understands that there is some criminal substitution behind all this. He decides to re-examine the materials of the old case and soon comes across the main witness of this mysterious story…

Nikolai Leonov, a former investigator of the MUR, was well aware of how the most tangled criminal cases are solved. Therefore, each of his books is a true gripping story with unpredictable intrigue and an unexpected finale. The main character of these books is Colonel Lev Gurov, a high-class detective 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, with print runs in the tens of millions of copies.