For the first time in Russian - “the best British detective debut for many years” (Crimescene Magazine), “a razor-sharp noir, something completely out of the ordinary” (Lee Child). Detective Constable Aidan Waits was caught stealing cocaine from safe with evidence; Now Aidan is facing dismissal from the police, or even being put on trial. An excellent cover for infiltrating the Manchester-wide drug trafficking network known as the Franchise, and identifying a “mole” in the ranks of the police, thanks to which the Franchise and its head Zane Carver have remained unpunished for ten years. And at the same time - quietly, unofficially - try to bring home Isabelle, who has been the missing daughter of Justice Minister David Rossiter for a month: they say she was seen in Fairview, Carver's Victorian mansion. Aidan finds Isabelle and realizes that the girl is mortally afraid of something. Will he be able to save her if he himself is unable to save himself?