The killer struck his signature blow—a syringe into the carotid artery. The victim was the assistant of an influential member of the Duma. Colonel Lev Gurov led the investigation team. A few hours later, the local psychopath and drug addict with a criminal past was arrested and confessed to the murder. The case was closed, and Gurov was sent on vacation. But he knew the real killer was still out there. And he began his own investigation—because he was the best detective in the country, and because he simply can’t let a criminal go unpunished…