About the book: 2019 / In the suspense story "The Dormant Shadow" a young writer buys an apartment in a quiet town so that she can work there quietly. But her peace is disturbed by very noisy neighbors from the top floor, who refuse to make any compromise. In the story “Any of Us,” a former student who served time for the murder of a classmate, the star of the class and the school, comes to the alumni meeting. But at the evening it turns out that there are many secrets in the past of everyone’s favorite, and the real killer could be any of those present. In the story “The Hiding Place,” an elderly corrupt official meets a young lady, but she is only interested in his cache of money.