About the book: year / Young investigator Mikhail Passkovsky leads the ordinary life of a policeman in a Russian city, immersed in his own worries. He is surrounded by work worries, friendship and love. However, everything changes when the body of a girl killed with incredible cruelty is brought to the station. Each victim of a new mysterious killer becomes a chess piece, and the city becomes a board for the game, where every move of the enemy can be the last. Who will win this chess game and who will have the last word? Mind or heart?