By the brook

A manhunt for a killer in the Ostrava region. Another case for the Ostrava murder squad featuring the rookie Ivoš Kylián, known from the author's other detective stories. A missing girl is found in the river, brutally murdered. The wheels of the investigation begin to turn… Ostrava 1995, a family is preparing an eighteenth birthday party for their daughter, Zuzana. When Zuzana doesn't show up after several hours, her parents call the police. The detectives initially reassure them that most missing persons turn up on their own within 24 hours, but they have no idea that this will not be the case for Zuzana. It becomes increasingly clear that Zuzana's disappearance is closely linked to a drowned body found in a local river. The Ostrava CID launches a search for the sadistic killer who raped and stabbed the girl. They do so without laptops, the internet, or mobile phones, but with immense determination and old-school methods. Working on the case is the rookie detective Ivoš Kylián, well-known from the author's other detective stories.