About the book: 2014 / A series of brutal murders swept across Moscow. The victims of the criminal were homeless people and degenerate alcoholics, and at first law enforcement agencies were not very zealous in catching the murderer. But when there were too many dead, the top management of the MUR became interested in the case. The investigation is entrusted to the best detectives in the capital, Colonels Gurov and Kryachko. For a long time, investigators cannot understand why the criminal so pedantically reproduces the same murder scenario. Is he really a maniac? The police begin to develop this version, but at some point it suddenly dawns on Gurov: it is not a psychopath who is killing, but a professional. He “trains” on the homeless - preparing for his main task…