Vladimír Zlý
Vladimír Zlý was born in Ostrava in 1988, before the Velvet Revolution. He spent his childhood and early adulthood in the border town of Český Těšín. He graduated from the Secondary Medical School in Ostrava, where he specialized in dental technology. He is currently a tram driver. From a young age, he loved inventing stories and writing them down, a passion that never left him. He now lives in Havířov, where his debut crime novel, „Cleaner,“ is set. He loves reading mystery books and crime thrill.
Cleaner
May 2024, 268 pages
A crime story set in the strikingly picturesque Ostrava region
The city of Havířov is being tormented by brutal murders, with local drug addicts, dealers, and manufacturers being killed off rapidly. Any hesitation by the police could lead to another unnecessary victim. Major Ivoš Kylián, Ostrava’s violent crime investigator, starts assembling a specialized team to catch a sadistic killer unlike any the city has ever seen. It doesn’t take long for the detectives to uncover a disturbing fact: each crime scene reveals contradictory clues pointing to different suspects. It seems the killer is playing a wild game of cat and mouse with the police, thoroughly enjoying it.
