A man lies dead, sprawled in the bedroom of apartment #8.  Rock music blares as two militiamen follow the bloody trail upstairs. . . and into the quick, cold slice of a razor-edged blade.

The victim was a criminal.  But two honest cops were killed with him.  Gregori Nowek, mayor of the small Siberian town, is ordered to investigate.  Armed with only a few clues--a fragment of cloth,... (read more)