A mysterious ominous mansion with columns lured Valentina Smirnova like a magnet. Every evening Tina went for a run in the park and stopped by the uninhabited house, trying to unravel its grim riddle. And then several things happened at once in Tina’s life: during the demolition of an old building in the city center, they find the body of a man who had been murdered a long time ago, with his hands cut off. Tinka learns that Emma—the girl who lived in the apartment before her—has disappeared without a trace; she accidentally finds an old note with the address of the columned house in her own apartment; she meets the man of her dreams—stunningly handsome, athletic, gallant, and also free of money and other problems. And the surprising part is: it turns out all these events are connected with each other!