Abstract to the book "The Persistence of the Predator" by Shattam M.: Mass graves were found in long—closed and forgotten mines: dozens of women, raped and murdered, lay there for many years, and it seems that the killer — who immediately received the gloomy nickname Charon - operated many decades ago. Meanwhile, women continue to be kidnapped and killed right now — and judging by their mutilated corpses, this is the work of the same relentless predator, although in this case he is already under a hundred years old. But how is this possible? Does this mean that evil lasts, reproduces itself, does not die even with the death of a person?Maxime Shattam is a French thriller star, winner of prestigious awards, author of novels that sell millions of copies in France and have become bestsellers in two dozen more countries. In his new novel, partly inspired by the "Silence of the Lambs" by one of his idols, Thomas Harris, a former employee of the Paris investigation department, Ludivine Wanker, after joining the Department of Behavioral Sciences, together with new and former colleagues, again faces what she understands best in the world. With something that looms ominously right beyond humanity, just waiting for permission to enter. The predator does not doze off — it freezes, hides and watches. He is immutable in his constancy. He decides if you are worthy to survive.For the first time in Russian! Read more…