Waking up in the hospital, Dasha found out that she was left completely alone. Mother, husband, son - all died in the burned house. She was the only one who survived. And even then, it turns out that in the end she died at the hands of an unknown killer who sneaked into the hospital and tried to kill her... But who wished the death of Dasha and her loved ones? Who could an ordinary journalist who had never been involved in sensational investigations cross paths with? Maybe the criminals were taking revenge on her husband? But why? After all, he is not a businessman, not a politician, but just a surgeon at a military hospital... Meanwhile, the killer continues to hunt for Dasha’s life. A young woman is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. How to be? And she turns for help to the only one she has left, her family friend Arthur Ivanovich... The book was also published under the title “The Negro Arthur Ivanovich.”