“Paris, Quai Orfevre, 36” - the address of the Parisian criminal police, thanks to the novels of Georges Simenon, is no less familiar to the Russian reader than “Petrovka, 38”. In the exciting detective story “The Seventh Victim” by F. Molay, the Quai Orfevre is again on the agenda . Firstly, the novel received the prestigious Quai des Orfèvres award, which is awarded by a jury made up of experts in criminal matters and presented personally by the prefect of the Paris police, and secondly, the activities of the units of this very police are described in the novel with unusual competence. Police Commissioner Niko Sirski is being challenged. The serial killer developed a plan: seven days - seven murders. The victim every time is a young woman who has everything: beauty, love, material well-being, a career. A maniac surgeon, leaving virtually no evidence, acts with unprecedented cruelty and audacity. Will Commissioner Sirsky, even with the help of the entire police force, be able to do the impossible and stop the monster? Time is running out inexorably, and the seventh victim must be his beloved...