About the book: year / Anthony Bruno is an American writer and screenwriter. Born in Orange, New Jersey, USA. A graduate of Boston University, he received a master's degree from Boston College. While living in Boston, he worked as an archivist and, after finishing graduate school, moved to Hoboken, New Jersey, and began working in the book publishing industry in Manhattan. As a writer, Bruno became famous in 1988 when his detective novel Bad Guys was published in hardcover. Bad Boys was the first in a series of novels (Bad Blood, Bad Luck, Bad Business, Bad Moon, and Bad Apple) about FBI agents Mike Tozzi and Cuthbert Gibbons, unlikely partners whose main targets are the criminals of New York and New Jersey. . The novels were based on true events, and Bruno pioneered a theme that would later make The Sopranos a hit. Bruno received rave reviews and comparisons to Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake. In 1995, Bruno wrote a novelization of the film "Seven". Bruno's next series of novels features a new duo of parole officers: Loretta Kovacs and Frank Marvelli make their debut in Devil's Food. The second book in the series, Double Espresso, was nominated for an Anthony Award in 1998. Also, Anthony Bruno published two books in the heat of "nonfiction" - The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer (1993) and The Seekers: A Bounty Hunter's Story. In February 2004, the TNT channel premiered a television movie based on the novel "Bad Apple" ("Undercover Agent"). Anthony Bruno has a wife, Judith Such, and a beloved daughter, Mia. He is also a black belt and 4th dan holder in Aikido and teaches at the Philadelphia Aikido School. Contents: Mike Tozzi and Cuthbert Gibbons: 1. Bad Guys 2. Bad Blood (Translation: A. Mirolyubova)3. Bad luck (Translation: A. Slavinskaya)4. Dirty business (Translation: M. Eichner)5. Psychopath (Translation: D. Vozniakevich)6. Spoiled Apple (Translation: G. Grigoriev)