The book of action-packed detective prose by the popular St. Petersburg author Nikita Aleksandrovich Filatov (b. 1961) includes his early stories “The Case of Private Prosecution”, “The Mousetrap Doesn’t Run after the Mouse”, “Our Sister Death”, “A Separate Assignment” and “Victim of a figure”, united by one main character - police captain Vinogradov. They honestly and with amazing authenticity describe the criminal events that took place in the late 1980s on the streets of cities and on the far outskirts of the vast Soviet state. Contents: Private prosecution case The mousetrap does not run after the mouse Our sister is death Separate assignment Victim of the figure