Elegy of Death

Absolute bestseller in China. Beast in a cage. A serial killer-executioner from the city of Chengdu, known throughout China as Eumenides, was caught, convicted, and imprisoned in a maximum-security prison. It is impossible to escape from here, and he has no people here. But they are still at large - and owe him something... He cannot be held. The killer does not intend to serve the full term in these cells. He still has a lot to do in freedom - the war for justice (as he sees it) is not over. And it will never end. He devises a cunning escape plan, involving a variety of people... But the trap is already set. Eumenides has only one weakness - he has fallen in love with a blind violinist and is eager to meet her as soon as possible. Police captain Lo Fei knows this well - and devises his own plan. Now the serial killer will not get away with just a prison sentence. Does Eumenides love music? Great. Lo Fei will play an elegy of death for him... "Zhou Haohua's novels have made him a cult figure in Chinese literature." - The New York Times "Serial killers are a common theme in suspenseful literature, but few of them are as patient and cunning as this one..." - Sunday Times