“Knives” The novel “Knives” is detective in nature. Three attempts are made to kill a tax official, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, and the fiancée of a famous professor. All three times the method of murder was the same and was of a strange nature for modern times. The range of characters, everyday norms, and life situations revealed by the author is wide. “Soldier” Matvey, a smart, handsome soldier of the Russian army, wanting to remove the obstacle to his dream - to become the son-in-law of a rich businessman, becomes a brutal killer. In both works, the author gives readers the opportunity not only to observe what is happening, but also to look into the thoughts of the characters.