The Cry of the Night Bird

For fans of Alexandra Marinina's books. A Russian detective written by a female investigator. Real facts, recognizable settings, unidentified bodies, arrests, interrogations — a complete immersion into the complex but fascinating 'kitchen' of the investigation… The body of a dead taxi driver is found on the outskirts of a provincial town. Signs of a short struggle, a knife wound to the neck. The earnings from the shift and the car, an old private 'Opel', became trophies for the robbers. For what purpose and where the bandits will go in this car is something the operatives can only guess. Finding the stolen car is half the battle. Much more difficult is to locate and neutralize the criminals who opened their bloody account that night. Especially since they are likely to act against all logic…