From the winner of the “Russian Detective 2021” award.
2005. A young doctor from Oryol, Yulia Petrova, comes to Moscow. Here she has to complete a continuing education course and, in addition, collect the most pleasant impressions of the capital. But one meeting changes everything completely… At just this time in Moscow, an unstable psychopath Alexander Kolkin is at large. He hunts red-haired girls and makes them his slaves, marking them with a special bloody ritual. And, unfortunately, Yulia’s appearance matches his fantasies perfectly. However, by character, the girl is absolutely not a slave. She manages to trick Kolkin and escape. But the maniac is not willing to just let go of such a tasty trophy—he follows his victim and threatens her by phone… The police can’t help, because the girl suffers from prosopagnosia. She completely can’t tell faces apart and can’t identify her pursailor. From now on, Yulia’s life looks like hell…
“This book will plunge you into the darkest depths of a sick criminal’s psyche, learn how he thinks and what he feels. ‘The Red Line of the Metro’ is an unexpected-in-style psychological thriller, where the reader will be able to find themselves inside the killer and see everything through the eyes of the victim.” — Alexandra Marinina