This is an ironic detective story, and therefore, according to the law of the genre, the main character of the book, Dee Dee McGill, having left teaching English literature at one of the American universities, investigates “insurance crimes.” It turns out that in a large company called “High-Data”, murders of employees happen one after another, an applicant for a highly paid position disappears, and someone even makes an attempt on the life of the company owner. And all this on Christmas Eve!.. The question is, on what side is the Scottish poet Robert Burns involved in this whole criminal story?.. It turns out that he is involved!