Valeria Verbinina is a master of historical detective, author of more than 40 novels in this genre. In her new cycle "Detective Retro" she brilliantly conveys the realities of the life of Soviet Russia in the 30s of the last century, against the background of which a masterly twisted intrigue develops. All heroes and events are shown through the prism of the era - but aren't such times the best at revealing the true essence of people?