Vladimir Ivanov

Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord who is essentially inaccessible -- but not immortal.

In November, 1942, near the Volga, Stanlingrad is under siege of Commander Friederich Paulus and his 330,000 men. The Russian high command unleashes an operation to protect the Mishkova River to avoid that about four hundred tanks join Paulus' army. The Soviet artillery soldiers protect their position with their lives in a bloodshed with few survivors.

The main character, an official of the 14th grade, Erast Petrovich Fandorin, serves as a clerk in the Detective Department and secretly dreams of becoming a detective. By the will of circumstances, he finds himself involved in the investigation of a mysterious suicide.

Screen adaptation of the action-packed detective bestsellers by Friedrich Neznansky, united by one detective hero Turetsky. Turkish - investigator for particularly important cases of the General Prosecutor's Office of Russia. A wide-brimmed hat, secular manners, masculine charm, detective talent - everything is as it should be. However, the gentlemanly set of a "Western" detective does not prevent Turetsky from following the trail in the mud and swamps of Russian roads, which, as you know, lead to the highest offices. Corrupt Russia - a country of financial scams, stock exchange fraud and bloody criminality, is successfully ruled by bankers, deputies and godfathers until Turkish appears. He cannot be tricked, bribed or blackmailed because he is too smart, too independent and too honest. The invulnerable Turkish is simply doing his duty.