A typical “contract job”—three shots in a quiet Moscow courtyard. What could a peaceful scientist biologist have done to get in the way? No evidence, no leads—just like it often happens with a hired killing. The only thing that slightly worries Lev Gurov is the too serene atmosphere in the laboratory led by the murdered man. In a quiet pond, they say, demons live. Experience didn’t let the seasoned detective down—“demons” really are there. Only so far, this kind of “demons” hasn’t been encountered by Colonel Gurov...