The collection of St. Petersburg writer Neonilla Samukhina “Bodyguard” includes the story “Bodyguard” (Bodyguard), as well as several stories: “Hello, Mashenka!”, “Loneliness”, “Nocturne”, “Alenby’s Fountain” and “The Story of a Fall” “The style in which Neonilla Samukhina writes could be called “light prose against the backdrop of black existence,” which was most clearly manifested in the story “Bodyguard.” The tough and dynamic story “Bodyguard”, which attracts the reader instantly, from the first lines and does not let go until the very last moment, can be called a crime story, because it contains a security guard, gang warfare, and mystery; the author generally likes to stun the reader with the unexpected a plot twist, an unconventional story or detail. However, the red line in it is a piercing love story, winning even where Despair reigns.