Detective Shaw's place of work is the homicide department, so these crimes will be discussed in the book.The collection includes several cases from the practice of the protagonist, which differ greatly not only in how they were the described acts were committed, but also by the results of their investigation ...The stories of the modern American writer, professional forensic expert Shannon Hollinger are adapted in this publication according to the method of Ilya Frank: provided with a literal translation into Russian and the necessary lexico-grammatical commentary (without simplifying the original text). The uniqueness of the method lies in the fact that the memorization of words and expressions occurs due to their repetition, without memorization and the need to use a dictionary. In addition, the reader gets used to the logic of the English language, begins to “feel” it.For a wide range of people who study English and are interested in Anglo-American culture.