Dennis Lehane has been called “the heir to John Steinbeck and Raymond Chandler”; His novels, which intertwine elements of detective, thriller and drama, have become worldwide bestsellers and have been translated into more than thirty languages. Many of Lehane's books have been made into feature films, such as Mystic River (2003) by Clint Eastwood, Gone Baby Gone (2007) by Ben Affleck, Shutter Island (2010) by Martin Scorsese starring Leonardo DiCaprio - and this is just the tip of the iceberg. So, meet Rachel Childs. A former journalist, she left the profession after a scandalous breakdown on live television and now lives as a recluse; and the rest is an ideal life with an ideal husband - until a chance meeting makes Rachel doubt everything that surrounds her, and even her own sanity. Will she have enough inner strength to cope with unimaginable fears and unthinkable truths? For the first time in Russian - “the most exciting detective story I have ever read in recent years” (Kate Atkinson); “a crime novel about elusive swindlers, irrepressible greed and inevitable revenge; but in his heart lives a love story" (Associated Press).