She finds him on the icy garage floor. The bare lamp under the ceiling illuminates his stillness, the pale color of his skin. He’s splayed on his stomach, one leg bent, head turned to the side. His cheek rests in a puddle of his own blood… Zoya Volkova’s hopes for a better life are ruined when her friend Mikha is murdered in their workplace, a small garage in Moscow’s sketchy outskirts. Mikha wasn’t just Zoya’s buddy and co-worker. He was an indispensable part of the heist they’ve planned, the job that was supposed to bring them millions and change their lives forever. Was Mikha murdered by one of the rich Muscovites they scammed for a car repair in that very garage? Or was it a revenge from the local crime boss they planned to rip-off? The only thing Zoya knows for sure: she can’t sleep peacefully until she finds out who killed her friend. It doesn’t help that the only two people she trusts would benefit from Mikha’s death. Her boyfriend Yegor finally gets the coveted leadership in the team. Her ex-girlfriend-now-bestie Mariam now has all the reasons to convince Zoya to step away from the dangerous heist plans. Caught up in a whirlwind of mistrust, Zoya finds a lead just before the news about her family shatters her world forever. Grieving and devastated, she needs to make sure whoever killed Mikha won’t come for her and the people she cares about. Racing against time, at odds with the police, a local mafia, and her own conscience, Zoya is determined to find her answers and punish Mikha’s murderer. A riveting, character-driven mystery for fans of Lisa Gardner and Karin Slaughter.

She saved a teenage heir from a bullet. Now, the secrets of his wealthy family might kill her. Zoya Volkova makes a living off small-time frauds and stays out of big trouble. Until a simple con spirals out of control and Zoya ends up witnessing the assassination of a prominent Moscow businessman Oleg Dolin. Acting on instinct, she saves his teenage son, Kirill. Now, someone has opened hunting season on her. To keep herself and Kirill safe, Zoya must solve the mystery behind the murder. But sieving through the Dolins’ history and connections puts her at odds with Kirill’s mom, Rimma. Even with her son’s life on the line, the woman is determined to preserve her family’s secrets. As the goons become reckless and the police close in to arrest Zoya, she doesn’t abandon her attempts to save the innocent kid. Can a petty con artist go up against the corrupt police force, Moscow’s wealthiest families, and the omnipotent Russian mafia? Psychological suspense meets crime thriller in this dark page-turner with unpredictable twists. Perfect for fans of Laura Lippman, Karin Slaughter, and Lisa Gardner.

How do you survive the holidays when someone from your family is trying to kill you? Holidays have always been hard on Viola: the scrutiny of her family members, their comments about her parenting, her drinking, her failing career… She expects all this as she arrives to yet another Christmas dinner. What she doesn’t expect is to find herself locked in a basement of the family’s country house in Moscow exurbs without memories of how she ended up here. Clearly, someone from her family attempted to get rid of her. But who? After freeing herself, Viola is committed to find the answer. As the family members arrive into the house for the New Year’s night—Russia’s most important winter holiday—Viola knows she can’t trust anyone. She recruits a con artist Zoya Volkova to help her. Together, they untangle the web of the family’s darkest secrets, malicious lies and heartbreaking betrayals. But as the year changes and Viola’s memory returns, she and Zoya aren’t looking for the truth anymore. Now, they need to survive. This dark page-turner with unpredictable twists is perfect for fans of Laura Lippman, Karin Slaughter, and Lisa Gardner.

She sees him too late—a dark shadow by her apartment door. Rushing down the flight, she tries to cry for help, but the words won’t come. A glint of steel is the last thing she remembers before the darkness swallows her whole. When a 20-year-old Alisa Feoktistova disappears from her own stairwell, leaving behind only a pool of her blood, it becomes clear a new serial killer is on the loose in Moscow. He’s believed to have taken at least three people before Alisa, each time marking the crime scene with an ample amount of victim’s blood, which earned him a nickname Bloodletter. Are all his victims dead? Or is there a chance Bloodletter keeps them alive, despite the blood loss? One thing is for sure: private investigator Zoya Volkova won’t let go of this case. Years ago, her little brother went missing in a similar manner, a pool of blood glistening in the middle of the empty apartment. What if it wasn’t the doing of Zoya’s mother, like the judges decided, but of some bloodthirsty monster who avoided the justice then and now kills again? Uncovering the connection between the victims, Zoya stumbles into a decade-long conspiracy in the heart of a Moscow hospital. She can’t trust anyone—not even Alisa’s family—as she untangles a knot of betrayals, medicine taboos, and stigma. She only knows that Bloodletter’s killing rampage is not over and more innocent lives are on the line. Zoya will stop at nothing to save a life. But will she be able to find the truth before Bloodletter swings his blade at another victim’s throat? This utterly addictive and unputdownable thriller will have your pulse pound until the final, mind-blowing twist.

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