If you have already read the first part of Natalia Solntseva’s detective-mystical duology, then you are hopelessly lost in the gardens of Cassandra. This book will help you get out of there.

Ten years have passed. Yuri and Anna return from abroad to St. Petersburg. Mr. Salakhov suspects that his wife is leading a double life.

He turns for help to Artem Ponomarev, who left his service in the criminal investigation department and now provides private services as a lawyer.

Suddenly, a long-forgotten matter comes to light serial murder story. Artem is convinced that everything is much more complicated than he could have imagined...

The secret of Anna and Yuri is rooted in the distant past associated with the pagan cult of the goddess Hecate...

The golden threads of the formidable goddess stretch from antiquity to modern St. Petersburg, entangling unsuspecting characters with its networks. But all the answers are already nearby - the confession of a murderous maniac has been written, the moon lights up the magical shine of Hecate’s ring and the Orient Express is preparing to receive its strange passengers...