The Genius of Empty Space

In one night, Mitya Khokhlov lost his old friend Kuzya and... one hundred thousand dollars. Quite a coincidence. Or not?.. Once there were four friends: they studied at the same institute and at first worked at the same research institute. But then two of them became businessmen. Kuzmin and Pilyugin stayed in science. Kuzya was an awkward, perpetually dissatisfied loser who had once shown great promise. Lately, however, he claimed he would soon become rich, and even proposed to their mutual friend Arina. And then he was killed... in Pilyugin’s yard. If he died because of money, where did a simple scientist get it, and who could have known about it? Only someone close... Mitya Khokhlov urgently needs to find out who the murderer is and who the thief is...