In a Parisian cafe, Elena accidentally falls into the hands of a book. It is a psychological thriller written by an American author. The narration is told in the first person - the heroine immediately admits that she committed a murder. And from the first pages, Lena cannot get rid of the feeling that the story is about people she knows. But this is impossible! How did the secret experiences and feelings of Lenin's friends become the basis for the plot of the American book? And was a murder really committed?