to a travelling circus. As Mladshiy Leytenant Ivashov investigates the circus, several characters enter the scene to complicate the case: a comic-book hero, a familiar young woman, and an old enemy who seeks to make open war on the tsardom. Detectives on Vacation ("Опергруппа в Деревне", 2006) - Tsar Gorokh sends the detectives to the countryside to rest after their last case. However, strange persons are after Ivashov, allegedly working for the greatest criminal mastermind in all the world - Koschei the Deathless. To Marry and Neutralize ("Жениться и обезвредить", 2009) The detectives finally return home after their vacation, only to encounter new problems in the capital, the tsar has turned Japanese, Ivashov's bride-to-be will arrive any minute, and a new threat to take over the tsardom has taken root. Tsar Gorokh's Rusty Sword ("Ржавый меч царя Гороха", 2014) During a relatively quiet period, Nikita reminisces about an old case that, chronologically, took place between The Plot of the Black Mass and The Flying Ship. The Tsar's cousin has returned from a convent and expresses her desire to get married. By Russian tradition, the Tsar has to hand over half of the tsardom to her future husband, so the choice needs to be well thought out. Tsar Koschei's Black Sword ("Чёрный меч царя Кощея", 2015) A mysterious force kidnaps the Tsarina, Mit'ka's fiancée, and Nikita's wife. Worse, Koschei is dead, Baba Yaga has fallen for a suspect, and Mit'ka has become a Gray Wolf with the same strength and irrepressible imagination. The Dead Must Be Taken Alive ("Взять живым мёртвого", 2017) It seems Baba Yaga's criminal past has caught up to her. The European nations demand that she be handed over to be tried for the alleged murder of Prince Johann. The entire team heads to Europe to prove her innocence. My Wife Is a Witch ("Моя Жена - Ведьма") My Wife Is a Witch ("Моя Жена - Ведьма", 1999) - Sergey is a poet who finds out that the librarian he recently married is descended from a long line of witches. After he burns a lock of wolf fur he finds in his wife's hair, she vanishes. Along with his personal angel and devil, Sergey must go into the realms of magic to find his wife and discover an ancient prophecy involving him. The novel makes a point that not everything "other" is necessarily "evil". The Little Sister from