What is this necklace, because of which many deaths occurred in the past, and a modern jeweler fainted when he saw it? Enchanted, or what?.. Now, in our times, as many years ago, this unusually beautiful diamond jewelry, as if choosing its own owners, began to wander from hand to hand, causing death. Someone is watching the old woman who brought it to the jeweler for appraisal... Despite the fact that she carefully hides her treasure, the necklace is stolen from her. Then a whole series of murders occurs. Are precious stones really to blame for people dying? Or, on the contrary, is human greed and envy to blame? The sparkle of diamonds pleases the eye for just a short time, it is overshadowed by the greedy sparkle of the eyes, and... a new case appears for the investigator of the prosecutor's office Arkhip Shchukin... Previously, the book was published under the title “Diamonds for Five Minutes.”