About the book: 2024 / A maniac appears in the city, killing girls in an extremely sophisticated way. He takes lives with scalpels and frames the bodies with flowers, turning murder into a special ritual. Near each victim, the maniac leaves a message: a photograph in which the girl is still alive. Cherny, an investigator for particularly important cases, is called from the provinces. He feels that he is on the right trail. But it turns out that the killer and the investigator are very similar to each other. And only a thin line separates the hunter from his prey…