Zhenya Okhotnikova takes on another job: at any cost, to protect a young journalist who has unearthed and published the grim secrets of a powerful cartel. Artem released a damning exposé without realizing just how dangerous people he had touched—and now he is completely unprepared to look death in the eye. Alone, he won’t be able to stand his ground—without professional protection, chances are almost none. Zhenya, however, is always ready: she knows how to shield her client from a bullet and vanish from view in time. But it’s much harder to understand exactly who—and how—puts the killer on Artem’s trail…
Marina Serova is a well-known name in modern Russian detective fiction. She graduated from the Faculty of Law at Moscow State University, worked in the Office of the Prosecutor General, and took part in operational activities. The author of many high-paced novellas, the total circulation of which has exceeded twenty million copies.