Touches of crime

Readers of detective novels have been familiar with criminal cases from the present and the recent past, which are successfully solved by the Písek crime department with a proven team of operatives from the 1st department, headed by Captain Karas, for many years. Lieutenants Mach, Studnička and their colleagues know how to get a good grip on crime, and the perpetrators end up in the hands of the law. Under the titles of the stories Blues for Horse Thieves, Five snuff boxes, When is the time for truth? Man, who wasted his chance or Stolen Nostalgia contain stories full of tension, often with a very surprising denouement.