Arthur was the most enviable single man in Sochi. A modest girl from the Urals, Natka, met him online and really doubted that anything serious could come of it—but he flew her to visit him. Everything was wonderful until the police came for Arthur. They accused him of murdering a former lover! “I’m not guilty,” he assured Natka. But how can you believe someone you barely know? The girl started thinking about going back home—especially after she noticed that another of Arthur’s exes was following her… Meanwhile, a journalist, Dmitry Pravdin, arrived in Sochi. He was looking for the killer—one hardened by experience. Dozens of lives were on his account. The woman who had been a sniper in Afghanistan and shot prisoners—her own compatriots—changed several names, but Pravdin knew her as Fatima, the nickname “Shaitan.” He didn’t even hope for a personal meeting, but it happened—and it ended far from the way he expected…