Private detective Tatyana Ivanova is hired by Veronika Likhovtseva to find the reasons behind the death of her longtime acquaintance. Artemiy Beloretsky, famous for his turbulent lifestyle and popularity with women, is gone—but Likhovtseva, who has loved him for more than four decades, cannot come to terms with his loss. The police claim that Beloretsky died in an accident, yet Ivanova is determined to uncover the truth about the circumstances of his death. Marina Serova, an alumna of Moscow State University’s law faculty and a former employee of the Prosecutor General’s Office, is known for her gripping detective novels with a total circulation of over 20 million copies.