Gates of Night

Handcuffed wrists — the only thing this serial killer leaves for the operatives. The head of the «murder department», Nikita Kolosov, has no evidence to outline the circle of suspects. There are no leads for Katya Petrovskaya, a staff member of the Press Center of the Internal Affairs Ministry, but she feels that the criminal is very close: he is trying to take her husband's life, calling their friend Sergey Meshchersky. Katya is sure that she has met this monster somewhere, and possibly is meeting him now. He seems to taunt his pursuers, inexorably approaching them, but still remains invisible…

The novels of hereditary investigator Tatyana Stepanova allow the reader to visit a literary «room of fear». Mysterious murders, almost tangible atmosphere of crime, the painful and anxious anticipation of something unknown and frightening... All this Tatyana Stepanova manages to reproduce simply brilliantly. Random encounters, everyday matters, insignificant details are portrayed in her detective stories in a special, dramatic light, like a harmless spring meadow before a swiftly approaching thunderstorm.