Josh Beisel (b. 1970) is an American writer and physician. His first novel, “Beat the Point,” already published in Russian, created a sensation and was included in the list of the best novels of 2009, published by Time magazine. “Wild Thing” is an action-packed investigative novel. By chance, the main character, a doctor with a criminal past behind him, found himself as part of an expedition exploring a gloomy and mysterious lake in the protected region of Minnesota: according to rumors, the lake is home to a terrible monster that devours people. However, the expedition is just an attempt to shuffle the cards in a dangerous game played by the local residents and the background of which is the strange and cruel death of two teenagers in the waters of the ill-fated lake. Contains obscene language!