Fiction
Agent Lylyk
by Yuriy Vynnychuk
This is a sequel novel of the series telling about the adventures of Marco Krylovych, the night reporter. A few months have passed after the events described in 'The Dekker's Mansion'. Marco Krylovych is released from prison to help the secret police (NKVD) with catching the murderer of young women. Seems that the suspect is one of the USSR embassy or NKVD employees... So that to continue the investigation Krylovych gets his cover story as Agent Lylyk. Since the maniac chooses his victims for the first letters of their names to make the name Valentina with them, Marco asap needs to find out who Valentina is. It turned out that he was related to her death 20 years ago and someone was seeking revenge. Marco’s colleague was very close to the clue who the murderer is, but he got killed and now Marco is completely sure that it’s someone from the NKVD. Krylovych gets into the trap of the murderer but manages to survive. After all, the murderer is dead. But to render a murderer was not the only task of Krylovych. The Netherlands Embassy’s archives contain the crucial documents that are hunted for by both the USSR and Germany. The Night Reporter also tries to find these documents since the lives of many people depend on them.
