The book includes: an action-packed short story by V. Pikul, “Nicholas’ Monte Cristo,” which tells the story of major embezzlers and embezzlers in Tsarist Russia; Yu. Faibyshenko’s story “The Rose Bush” about the discovery by the criminal investigation team of a series of mysterious crimes that were particularly cruel; V. Vedeneev’s crime novel “Further Live the Dragons,” introducing the reader to the modern mafia and home-grown “godfathers,” and, finally, the artistic and journalistic essay “Professional Crime,” in which the author, Police Major General A. Gurov, talks about the history of organized crime from the famous Russian robber of the 18th century Vanka Cain to modern mafia clans in our country. This time the cover is from the publisher.