About the book: 2020 / For several years, serial murders of women have been occurring in a small provincial town. The maniac nicknamed the Stocking Man remains elusive. Marina Shepot, the host of the television program “Whisper in the City,” is included in the investigation, because one of those killed is her best friend. Soon she and her friend, police captain Sasha Petrov, realize that the case has taken an unexpected turn. In Marina’s personal life, not everything is simple either, because she has to make a choice between a new acquaintance, the owner of a veterinary clinic, Vlad, and the artist Denis, her old lover, who has returned to the city again. The text contains: detective, maniac, maniac and investigation