International bestseller.

Continuation of the series about the legendary female inspector Kim Stone.

YOU KNOW THE RULES OF THE GAME. YOU NEED TO SURVIVE. BUT THIS IS UNLIKELY…

It is getting evening. In Hayden Hill Park, a woman in her sixties sits on a children's swing. She is immovable and does not sway. But if you look closely, you can see that her body is fastened to the swing with barbed wire. The woman is dead. And the letter X is carved on her neck ...

Detective Inspector Kim Stone arrives at the scene of a terrible crime. She discovers that the victim was once a professor of child psychology.

Two more bodies are then found with the same markings on their necks. All of the murders are connected in one way or another to famous childhood games, and Kim realizes she's on the hunt for a sophisticated serial killer. She eventually discovers that the dead once participated in the annual tournament for gifted children...

Angela Marsons is one of the most successful writers in the detective genre. More than 5,000,000 copies of her books have been sold in the world, and about 100,000 in Russia. The author has a huge army of loyal fans. They admire the sharp mind and unbending will of the main character, the authenticity of the characters, the tense plots and the incredible emotions that reading Angela's novels give.

“For me, Marsons is the queen of the genre. She knows how to truly humanize detective stories…” – Postcard Reviews

“Wow! Police detective at his best. Complex, intriguing, and completely absorbing…” – Rachel’s Random Reads