The book contains the most interesting stories of Lev Sheinin, based on genuine episodes from the investigative practice of the author. It would seem that there is nothing top secret in them, there is no compromising evidence so familiar to us today on prominent political figures, there are no bloody fights, chases and shootings. Rather, it is a kind testimony about the recent past of our country, about its people. And of course, about the eternal mysteries of the human soul, about that elusive, enduring, which cannot depend on time and is valuable in itself.