In the Penza region, not far from the motel “Nad Suroy,” the head of the Moscow bank “Amalagama,” Kirill Sotsky, is shot dead. The killer is quickly caught; the motive is jealousy. The case is already practically closed, but… almost in the same place, two months later, the new bank director, Gleb Arbenin, is killed—his car is crushed by a loaded timber truck. An accident—or is there a connection to the first murder? This is assigned to be investigated by the famous operative from MUR, Lev Gurov. The case is complicated by one detail: next to the timber truck, a black women’s glove is found. And, as you know, women don’t drive trucks like that…