Lera Medved investigates a high-profile case: a girl was strangled—she had been looking after the apartment of the city’s prosecutor’s mother in the absence of the house owner! Investigators are trying to determine who needed to kill a modest student, a poor girl from a large provincial family. Meanwhile, the prosecutor’s mother is worried about a different question: where is her beloved cat? On the day of the murder, Leopold the handsome Maine Coon disappeared without a trace. His caring owner is on the brink of a heart attack, and kind Lera, acting too rashly, promises the old woman to clarify what happened to her precious pet.
Now Lera will have to search not only for the murderer, but also for the cat! After all, Leopold might be an important witness—he was at the crime scene. But what kind of help can investigators expect from an unreasonable animal?...
The heroines of Irina Gradova’s thriller novels are charming, fast, and unpredictable—like an ocean wave. These fearless and captivating women are waiting for incredible adventures, and readers are waiting for gripping novels that you simply can’t put down.