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'Konvert byl ne zapechatan, vnutri obnaruzhilisʹ tri polaroidnye fotografii. Na pervom snimke Nevill Lomas lezhal na krovati odetyĭ i, kazalosʹ, zhivoĭ, no bezuchastno smotrel v obʺektiv. Na vtoroĭ fotografii on byl golym i lezhal na spine, a na tretʹeĭ — uzhe byl sviazan po rukam i nogam. S trudom uderzhivaia polaroidy za kraia i staraiasʹ ne kasatʹsia izobrazheniia, Ėrika perevernula ikh. Kazhdaia byla podpisana, kazhetsia, chernym markerom, a pocherk byl vitievatym, pochti detskim.ANNABELʹ'Telo skandalʹno izvestnogo politika obnaruzhivaiut v sobstvennoĭ posteli obnazhennym i sviazannym po rukam i nogam. Predstaviteli partii speshat uniatʹ shumikhu i informiruiut vzbudorazhennuiu pressu, chto smertʹ proizoshla ot estestvennykh prichin. No nekotoroe vremia spustia stanovitsia izvestno ob ubiĭstve pri analogichnykh obstoiatelʹstvakh populiarnogo kasting-direktora i znamenitogo futbolista. Ochevidno, v Londone oruduet seriĭnyĭ ubiĭtsa.Zapisi s kamer nabliudeniia na mestakh prestupleniia zafiksirovali piatʹ podozrevaemykh... Piatʹ zhenshchin, pokhozhikh drug na druga kak dve kapli vody.Poka ofitser politsii Ėrika Foster zaniata ikh poiskami, nekaia rabotnitsa seks-industrii postoianno okazyvaetsia na shag vperedi. V ee rukakh kompromat na mnogikh vliiatelʹnykh muzhchin, chto zastavliaet rukovodstvo stolichnoĭ politsii nervnichatʹ — i dazhe idti na otchaiannye mery.Kazhdaia sekunda na schetu, v liuboĭ moment ubiĭtsa mozhet nanesti novyĭ udar. Smozhet li Ėrika otvetitʹ na vazhneĭshie voprosy: chto sviazyvaet vsekh zhertv? Kto eshche zameshan v ėtoĭ istorii? I kak daleko gotovy zaĭti silʹnye mira sego, chtoby zashchititʹ svoikh?

"The envelope was not sealed, and there were three polaroid photographs inside. In the first picture, Neville Lomas was lying on a bed, fully clothed and seemingly alive, but staring blankly at the camera. In the second photo, he was naked and lying on his back, and in the third, he was already bound hand and foot. Holding the polaroids by the edges with difficulty and trying not to touch the image, Erica turned them over. Each one was signed with what seemed to be a black marker, and the handwriting was ornate, almost childish.ANNABEL'The body of a notorious politician is found naked and bound hand and foot in his own bed. Representatives of the party are in a hurry to calm the hype and inform the agitated press that the death occurred from natural causes. But some time later, it becomes known about the murder of a popular casting director and a famous football player under similar circumstances. There's obviously a serial killer in London.Surveillance cameras at the crime scenes recorded five suspects... Five women who look exactly like each other.While police officer Erica Foster is busy looking for them, a certain sex worker is constantly one step ahead. She has compromising information on many influential men in her hands, which makes the leadership of the metropolitan police nervous — and even take desperate measures.Every second counts, and at any moment the killer can strike again. Will Erica be able to answer the most important questions?: What connects all the victims? Who else is involved in this story? And how far are the powerful willing to go to protect their own?