The novel “Vampire Hunt” by the famous St. Petersburg master of detective prose and screenwriter of the first eight seasons of the popular television series “Secrets of the Investigation” Elena Valentinovna Topilskaya immerses us in the atmosphere of the early 2000s. Investigator Maria Shvetsova is already accustomed to cases of organized crime and maniacs. But this is the first time she has to visit a corpse with an aspen stake driven into its heart. And in the morgue, the bloodless dead are waiting for autopsies, and an orderly, killed a year ago, is walking along the corridors. Are there really vampires operating in St. Petersburg?... Stories about the most interesting cases from the author’s investigative practice are also presented.