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Dangerous Hostages   Roman

"In 1984, I was offered a bribe of 40,000 rubles...."

This is how Vladimir Shitov, who knows the bitter and thankless work of a Soviet investigator from his own sad experience, prefaces his book.

"We were scapegoats. Or rather, potatoes. If they don't eat them in winter, they will certainly plant them in the spring."

If you are not fed up with foreign horror films, Vladimir Shitov's novels will impress you indelibly.

And if you are fed up, the impression will only increase.

A large port city is shaken by daring crimes - the work of bandits from an elusive gang, about which practically nothing is known - except for the leader's nickname: Captain. Under the reliable 'legend' of a criminal who has just been released from prison, a young operative must infiltrate the gang, who has perfectly mastered the difficult art of playing with death and knows perfectly well that he will have to act alone ... 'Player, or 'Swallow's Nest'. The life of a professional card player is a dashing swing, on which he is carried from fantastic luck - to a big loss, from real wealth - to complete poverty. Overnight, you can either gain everything or lose everything. Even an attempt to go on a kind of `summer vacation` - and it turns into new adventures, exciting - and deadly!..