Опер по прозвищу "Старик" : повесть, роман

The novel about crime and love “Mitigating Circumstances” and the police story “Detention” feature the same hero - a former SMERSH counterintelligence officer, a veteran of the criminal investigation department Sizov, nicknamed the Old Man. He once carried out reconnaissance and sabotage missions behind German lines, then solved crimes and learned nothing else. Therefore, even after retirement, he does not stop fighting criminals, finding himself in the center of the events described.

Criminal Investigation Inspector Krylov is investigating an attempt on the life of a young woman, an aspiring scientist is trying to discover the material impact of thought, the Tikhodonsk police are looking for the “Ghosts” gang. The destinies of the heroes are intertwined, love and hatred, loyalty and betrayal, selflessness and cowardice are tied into a tight knot. And the opera, nicknamed the Old Man, deliberately becomes bait for the “Ghosts” and dies in a battle with them.