The novels in the “Detective Petrusenko: Descendants” series are a combination of highly artistic prose and detective, intense plots. They are a modern line of the famous retro detectives “Detective Petrusenko”. The main character of the retro series (Vikenty Petrusenko) and the main character of the modern series (Vikenty Kandaurov) are an ancestor and a descendant, both criminal investigators. There is a kind of joining in time across generations. The possibility of an interesting plot development arises: in the modern series, a retrospective of the fates of the heroes of the retro series is given. The investigation into the murder of a young woman leads to unexpected results: the secrets of a past life are tragically intertwined with the present time. The murdered woman, writer Larisa Klimova, was among bohemian youth from a young age, including those who dissented in the 70s. She and another hero of the novel went through the networks of the KGB, which wants to keep the mentality of creative youth under control. The heroine escaped from these networks, and the other, of his own free will, remained in them. Years later, already in today's time, fate brought these two people together... The murder investigation in the novel is led by Major Vikenty Kandaurov. The book has many pages about love.