The hero of the story, the fashionable and expensive artist Mikis Samsonov, Fortune’s favorite, is a witness (or suspect?) in the murder of his former lover, also an artist, Elena Makeeva. As a result of the investigation, a real typhoon hits the quiet backwater of the fashionable artist’s fame, lifting the curtain on the mystery of his work... Who is Samsonov really? A brilliant artist? Great hoaxer? Murderer? Every person, unless, of course, he doesn’t care about himself and his life, strives for success - in any endeavor, in a career, in business, in family, in love. People like frogs in a jar of sour cream flounder and swim to the top, achieving well-deserved success. However, they choose very different paths to it and each pays his own price. The story that the author offers does not tell about real people and real events, but the characters and circumstances described in the book are in many ways typical of the present time.