Set in Moscow during the paranoid year of 1937, The Twelfth Department follows Captain Alexei Korolev, a police detective whose ordinary life is upended when his son arrives for a visit and a sensitive murder pulls him into a web of political danger.

Assigned to a case that reaches into State Security, Korolev must weigh the search for truth against the lethal consequences of crossing powerful forces. The narrative balances careful procedural detail with tense, moral choices about family and survival.

Readers who appreciate atmospheric historical crime and morally complex protagonists will find a vivid portrait of Soviet-era policing and the personal costs of justice.

• Themes: loyalty, state power, survival
• Setting: Moscow, 1937
• Tone: suspenseful, character-driven

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