In a new novel by Elena Mikhalkova, private detectives Makar Ilyushin and Sergey Babkin take on a case involving a missing boy, but soon realize that something behind the disappearance is tied to one of them—and has been bothering him for many years.
Missing children… Sometimes they come back. Sometimes they’re found—frightened, but alive. And sometimes they disappear forever.
Makar Ilyushin and Sergey Babkin begin searching for the boy who vanished in a big city.
Who is tracking children amid the familiar bustle of the city?
Why is everything arranged as though they are leaving of their own accord?
What happened to Makar Ilyushin in childhood—and how did it change him forever?