About the book: 2009 / Bernadette St. Claire is the most unusual of the FBI consultants. A mysterious gift has more than once helped her solve the most difficult cases. She has been moving for several years now from city to city, from one FBI branch to another - and so far she knows no failures. This time she is sent to St. Paul, a small town in the Midwest, where the bodies of mercilessly murdered people are discovered again and again. The wrists of each victim are intricately braided with rope, and the right hand is cut off. Bernadette begins an investigation... However, her new boss, an experienced intelligence officer Tony Garcia, does not believe in the amazing abilities of her assistant and refuses to listen to her advice. Bernadette understands that she will have to fight a mysterious killer enter alone…