The Predator's Gene

At first, there were three victims. The killer dealt with the women with particular cruelty. One was found in a river, the second in a waterfall, and the third in a gorge in Abkhazia. Shorn hair, disfigured faces, unusual ugly wounds on the body – everything pointed to the special signature of a maniac. But this happened more than six months ago. Precious time to catch the criminal has been lost, and the investigation is at a standstill. There is nothing left but to hope for a miracle or… The methods of profiling specialist Kira Vergasova are ambiguous, unclear, and frustrate her colleagues, but they are the only thing that can still yield results in this difficult case. Very soon, Kira realizes that all these months the investigation has not been moving in the right direction. And after the fourth victim appears, she understands: the killer is not just a maniac, but a true inventor of torture… Why is she so sure? Perhaps because she herself was once in the role of a victim and knows how a monster behaves when it smells blood…