Victoria Platova is a writer with a unique perspective on the detective novel genre. Avoiding cliches and cliches, individual, unlike anyone else, she is rightfully considered one of the best masters of the modern Russian detective story. Her books are published in Europe, films are made based on them, they are nominated for leading literary awards, such as the Russian Booker.

What are the red poppies hiding?..Pain...Fear...Betrayal...Murder...In different areas In St. Petersburg, the bodies of young women are found with their throats cut. Police captain Bakhmetyev, investigator Koveshnikov and psychologist Anna Mustaeva are trying to identify the criminal and unravel his game. The fact that he is playing a cruel and dangerous game becomes obvious when the third victim is found - actress Anastasia Ravenskaya. All the murders are deliberately staged theatrically: the victim's throat is cut with a straight razor and lightly sprinkled with earth, his mouth is stuffed with glass balls. And finally, “Red and Green.” The combination of colors that gave the unofficial name to this business. The victims’ wrists, as a personal mark of the killer, are tied with a piece of fabric, on which poppies can still be seen. Red poppies on a green field...