About the book: 2020 / For several years in a row, young beautiful blondes have been disappearing in Moscow and the region. Their bodies are then found in reservoirs near Moscow. The police have no doubt that a serial killer is at work. “The Vodyanoy Case” is carefully kept secret to avoid panic. But when the body of another “mermaid” is found in close proximity to the dacha of Evgenia Lvova, a State Duma deputy, one of the best investigators for particularly important cases, Stanislav Gushchin, is sent to the village of Ignatovo. Stas is a purely armchair person, an intellectual and an analyst. It's not his place to run around looking for evidence. But two considerations immediately attract his attention. Both Lvova’s daughters are young, beautiful blondes. The latest murder clearly indicates that the killer is someone from Lvova’s inner circle, one of the neighbors, friends, household members…