The death of an elderly patient with a chronic heart condition in a regional hospital becomes a real emergency—because the old woman was strangled! The hospital chief physician, Vladimir Radetsky, is forced—whether he wants it or not—to take part in the investigation. The facts revealed to him point to the tragedy having very deep roots. Together with an old acquaintance journalist and a new friend, Radetsky uncovers details of a large-scale scam. Its participants are already gone to the next world, but the capital they acquired still remains intact—and it’s also temptingly large…