The collection “Detective Before Bedtime” (the first book in the series proposed by the publishing house “Chemistry”) includes three novels written in the genre of a classic detective story. Their main characters are not professional detectives. By the will of circumstances, finding themselves in a most complex, intricately tangled tangle of crimes, they are forced on their own and at considerable risk to fight a duel with a cunning and sophisticated enemy. For the convenience of late-night readers, the collection also includes a very short story by Elliot West.