Saint Petersburg, November 2019. A respected university historian and Chevalier of the Legion of Honor is pulled from the icy Moika River clutching a backpack filled with human remains. A veteran investigator uncovers the gruesome truth behind a decorated professor's double life - years of abuse hidden behind academic prestige, a murdered graduate student, and a narcissist who believed the laws of man did not apply to him. As the case dismantles the myth of genius excusing violence, the detective confronts the systemic silence that enabled a killer. Entry #6 in The Wolfhound Files series - true crime narrated by a veteran Russian detective.