An absolute bestseller in China. THE BEAST IN A CAGE. A serial killer-executioner from the city of Chengdu, known throughout China under the name Eumenides, was caught, convicted and imprisoned in a maximum security prison. It’s impossible to escape from here, and he doesn’t have his people here. But they remained free - and they owe him something... CAN’T KEEP HIM. The killer is not going to serve his entire sentence in these dungeons. He still has a lot to do in his freedom - the war for justice (as he sees it) is not over. And it will never end. He builds a cunning escape plan, which involves a variety of people... BUT THE TRAP IS ALREADY SET. The Eumenides have only one weak point - he fell in love with a blind violinist girl and strives to meet her as soon as possible. Police captain Lo Fei knows this very well - and makes his own plan. Now the serial maker will not get away with time in prison. Does Eumenides like music? Great. Luo Fei will play an elegy of death for him... "Zhou Haohui's novels made him a cult figure in Chinese literature." – The New York Times “Serial killers appear all the time in fiction, but few are as patient and cunning as this one...” – Sunday Times “Devilishly inventive.” – Wall Street Journal