The debut novel of the author of detective thrillers, which instantly became super bestsellers and was enthusiastically accepted by such major literary authorities as Stephen King, Val McDermid, Kate Atkinson and other masters of the genre. Camille Parker, an not very successful reporter for one of the not very successful newspapers in Chicago, dreams of a brilliant career. And then the girl gets a lucky chance that can dramatically increase her journalistic status: Camilla is sent as a correspondent to a small town where several young girls have become victims of a maniac. Its task is to give readers a sensational report from the scene. The fact is that Camilla was born and raised in this city, and therefore who, if not her, is easier than others to find a common language with the residents and find out the nuances of the investigation. But immersion in the terrible reality of provincial life turns into a chain of nightmares for her, worthy of the brush of Hieronymus Bosch...