This is the third detective story by Alexander Kanevsky. Like the two previous ones, it is tragicomic, there is a lot of funny, and sad, and unexpected things in it, many bright, colorful characters. The first story, “Bloody Mary,” was liked by readers, they fell in love with its main character - investigator Boris Pakhomov, cheerful, eccentric, unpredictable, and demanded a continuation. The author responded to these calls and wrote Curses by Contract. And this book was well received by readers, and they urged the author “not to stop there” - as a result, this story, “Elena the Beautiful,” appeared, with the same main character-investigator Boris Pakhomov and his extraordinary entourage. The publisher hopes that readers will warmly This book will also be accepted.