An elite settlement is in an uproar: in the forest, the body of a young man with gunshot wounds is found. Especially insightful residents suspect the murder of the new resident—someone who prefers to keep to himself. Who is this mysterious stranger, and why is he so resolute about refusing to communicate with anyone? These—and other secrets of Ozer naya—will have to be revealed by artist Anya. Like a whirlpool, a gripping maelstrom of passions pulls her deeper and deeper… But is her mysterious ideal of a man hiding behind that stranger? When a man is stately and handsome, and even a soldier, women should surround him. But the main hero is not like that—and at forty-eight he’s still a desirable bachelor. Yet one day, in a dacha settlement, he meets a wonderful Anya—a painter, a craftswoman, and simply a beauty… Love and death, interesting characters, a lively language, and an engrossing plot—Tatyana Alyushina never stops delighting readers!