A new novel by one of the most talented writers of the 35-year-old generation, a finalist of the Russian Booker awards 2008 and National Bestseller 2009. A mysterious murder at a New Year's corporate party. The chairman of the board of directors of the A.D. holding was killed. The investigation is entrusted to the investigator for particularly important cases of the Main Investigation Department for the North-Western District, P.B. Kataev. Interviewing witnesses, searching for evidence, operational activities... However, routine investigative work will lead Kataev to an amazing discovery: not every suspect is guilty, but who is the killer, and It’s not the police who decides who the victim is...