Valery Borisovich Ladeinikov was in love for the only time in his life. But Elena disappeared, as if she had dissolved, and Valery was unable to find her. He began teaching at the university, married a graduate student and soon divorced, but all this turned out to be just a shadow of real life... And real life began when the phone rang one morning. The investigator invited Valery Borisovich to identify his ex-wife. At the morgue, Ladeinikov felt unwell. So bad that he identified a complete stranger as his wife. However, the murdered Varvara Nikolaevna bore the last name of Ladeinikov and was married to him. This was confirmed by a stamp in the passport. And it soon became clear: she left Valery Borisovich an inheritance of two huge apartments and securities worth an impressive amount. Attempts to find out more about the mysterious “wife” became the first link in a chain of assassination attempts and murders... Someone started a terrible game with Ladeinikov. But he must win. After all, in the final there is a prize that is worth any fortune...