Tatyana, a cardiologist at a city hospital, had become accustomed to her solitude and her measured, monotonous life. She had once almost had an affair with her colleague Yura, but only chance had stopped her from a humiliating affair with a married man, something Tanya was now very glad about. She had no intention of changing anything and had completely ignored her neighbor Stepan until they found themselves caught up in a mysterious whirlwind. First, their elderly neighbor, Inna Ilyinichna, who had never complained of heart problems, had a heart attack, then came the murder of her nephew, and then came the mysterious archive of Inna Ilyinichna’s husband, a formerly well-known journalist, containing incriminating evidence against influential officials. But most of all, Tanya was frightened by Vlada, Stepan’s ex-fiancée, who was determined to win her fiancé back. And Tanya couldn’t imagine her life without him… Tatyana Ustinova recommends: “It’s surprising, but Evgenia Gorskaya’s books capture the spirit of great Russian novels. She compresses into a detective story a modern encyclopedia of the most diverse destructive passions, creative loves, and vibrant, lively, multi-voiced characters. The result is not only engaging and captivating, but also very real—just enough to make you want to believe the story. Gorskaya skillfully and expertly keeps the reader on edge: sometimes you’re scared, sometimes you laugh, sometimes you feel completely hopeless, but ultimately you understand: everything will be alright!”