The brutal and inexplicable murder of Inspector Thomas Linley's wife has shocked Scotland Yard. What is especially horrifying is that, judging by eyewitnesses, the fatal shot was fired by a twelve-year-old boy. Who is he? Where did he come from? And what circumstances forced him to commit this desperate act? Elizabeth George is an outstanding master of the detective novel. Her work has won recognition from readers all over the world, including in Russia. Her books are published in millions of copies, become the basis for television films, and receive prestigious literary awards. For the first time in Russian!