Kasyanov year. Blow in the heart (a set of two books)

Kasyanov year
The novel occurs in 1900. The year is a leap -in, people do not like it, it is believed that it brings misfortune. According to the holy on February 29 - St. Cassian"s Day: on it all year is called Kasyanov. So Lykov did not set this year. At the request of the Minister of Finance Witte, he goes to Kyiv. The son -in -law of Witte, Mikhail Minging, conducts risky scams - he is engaged in housing construction and, trying to deceive creditors, cheating with pledges. Lykov has to bring him to clean water. But in Kyiv a detective awaits continuous failures. The matter is complicated by the fact that people begin to die, and Lykov himself goes along the edge - hunting takes place ...
Blow in the heart
The collection consists of six stories, the action of one of which takes place in Moscow, in 1899. There is another monetary reform. Old bills are changed to new ones, but when disputing banknotes, a whole bag of fakes is accidentally detected. It is known that the fakes came from a private bank, and there is a suspicion that someone from his leadership was involved in a crime. The official investigation can frighten off criminals, so the outbuilder Alexei Lykov is taken up for the case. He introduces his subordinate Yuri Valechev into the bank of his subordinate, but the business trip is more dangerous than he thought