The tavern on Pyatnitskaya. Agony. Omega option. Leonov N.

The name of Nikolai Leonov is well known to fans of the detective genre. In the 1950s and 1960s, the future writer worked on the Moscow criminal wanted list, and having left the authorities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the rank of captain, he took up literary work. He is the author of many novels and novels recognized by the classics of the domestic detective and who became a “school” for the next generation of writers.

“Tactir on Pyatnitskaya” and “Omega” (“Viking Operation”) - perhaps , his most famous works. In the first of them, the exciting story of the NEP times unfolds. An employee of Moore is being introduced into the gang of criminals, but it turns out that there is a gangster agent in the camp of policemen... The plot of the second novel (it is written in collaboration with Yu. Kostrov) dates back to the time of the Great Patriotic War and is based on documentary materials about the work of the Soviet scouts. These works are familiar to many of the film adaptations, the roles of which were played by brilliant actors: Alexander Galibin (charming Pashka America), Nikolai Eremenko and Lev Prygunov - in the film "Tractier on Pyatnitsky"; Oleg Dal, Irina Pechernikova, Alexander Kalyagin-in the film “Omega”.

The book also includes the detective-adventure novels “Agony”, “Ring” and “Knockout”. Master of the detective genre, Leonov in each of them masterfully builds the plot and retains the intrigue until the denouement.