The author - a member of the Union of Writers of Russia - visited Armenia and Azerbaijan, Tbilisi and Dubossary, Chechnya and Ossetia. Was under fire and held hostage... What pushes a person to a crime? What are the origins of mutual national belief? What is the soul of the devil? Answers to these questions are given by V. Loginov and his best stories and essays." Hell of Crime" is a fascinating book about modern Russia, its criminals and heroes.