Criminal investigation officer Sergei Nikolsky and his comrades in the 108th police department are well known to hundreds of thousands of viewers thanks to the series “On the corner, at the Patriarch’s...”, which is successfully shown on television. Nowadays, the 108th police station, located next to the Patriarch's Ponds, is the same symbol as the 87th police station, glorified in Ed McBain's police novels.

Operatives of the 108th, detectives of the MUR, generals of Glavka, high-ranking officials, famous politicians, underground antique dealers, petty swindlers, seasoned killers, predatory beauties, rich businessmen... Mysterious crimes, police everyday life and, of course, love... In the story by Anatoly Stepanov and Eduard Khrutsky, the reader will meet those already loved from the series heroes who will lead him along the fast-paced routes of a dashingly twisted detective plot.

Published for the first time.