About the book: 2021 / They are the River Maidens. They sneak towards the stream in the pre-dawn hour, while the mist strokes the dark waters and a chill runs through their skin. They present gifts to the river rapids and leave with the night... When you pay for a fishing permit in a quiet Scandinavian town, you cannot even think that you will fish someone’s corpse out of the river stream. But here - Suomenlinna, Royal Gate, murder. The victim has not yet been identified and there are no witnesses. Before the eyes of the modern community, the pagan legend about the King of Water and the River Maidens comes to life. But all this is just the beginning. When Saana begins to investigate the case of a girl who drowned 30 years ago, she does not yet know that a new victim has been found in the sea fortress with a burned-out crown mark. But why did the corpse remain in plain sight? And how is it connected to her plot? Published in Russian for the first time.