About the book: 2020 / A major metropolitan official was killed during a city holiday. Upon examination, it turned out that the corpse's fingers had been cut off. Detectives Gurov and Kryachko suggest that the murder may be ritual. It turned out that the same “handwriting” was noticed in a number of other similar crimes. Then various antisocial elements became victims. Since then, sensing impunity, the killers have gone on a rampage... The operatives managed to get on the trail of the criminals. Gurov was already preparing the capture operation when information unexpectedly arrived from Moscow, which plunged the seasoned operative into shock.…