Gregory MacDonald's heroes do not fit into the traditional framework of the American detective story. Nothing human is alien to them, they are a little ironic and a little sentimental. This is the famous journalist Fletch. Such is Skylar Whitfield, the central character of this book. Something always happens to this guy, no matter where his providence takes him. In the American village of Greendowns, where he grew up, a series of murders is committed. Suspicion falls on Skylar, and a real hunt begins for him. But, pursued and hunted, he finds the strength to identify the criminal. The book is published in Russian for the first time.