“- Well, it’s raining - you can’t blame them for stopping the search. The body will probably never be found again. Now, apparently, this story will forever remain a mystery. Did they kill her or did she commit suicide? — The bartender put down his towel and leaned over the bar counter. “What do you think happened there?” The visitor raised his eyes, dull from fatigue, and said hoarsely: “I know what happened.” The judge’s wife, Eliza Laird, kills a man who entered her house - according to her, in self-defense. Detective Duncan Hatcher and his faithful partner Didi suspect foul play from day one. Who is the beautiful Eliza - the killer or the victim? Can we trust her calls for help or is she sent to an incorruptible policeman to lure him into a trap and destroy him? A fascinating and unpredictable new novel by the recognized master of the detective genre Sandra Brown - for the first time in Russian.