The Predator Gene

At first, there were three victims. The killer dealt with the women with particular cruelty. One was found in the river, the second in a waterfall, and the third in a gorge in Abkhazia. Cut hair, disfigured faces, unusual ugly wounds on the body – all pointed to a particular signature of the maniac. But this happened more than half a year ago. Precious time for catching the criminal has been lost, and the investigation is at a dead end. There is nothing left but to hope for a miracle or… The methods of profiling specialist Kira Vergasova are ambiguous and unclear, frustrating her colleagues, but they are the only thing that may still produce 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 appeared, she understood: 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…