The death of an elderly patient with chronic heart disease in a regional hospital becomes a real emergency, because the old woman was strangled! The head physician of the clinic, Vladimir Radetzky, willy-nilly is forced to participate in the investigation process. The facts revealed to him indicate that this tragic story has very deep roots. Together with an old acquaintance, a journalist, and a new friend, Radetzky finds out the details of the grandiose scam. Its participants have already passed on to another world, but the capital they acquired is still intact and at the same time temptingly large... Lyudmila Martova is a master of fascinating detective melodrama, the author of exciting action-packed stories. They are distinguished by a twisted detective intrigue, a dashing ending with an unexpected denouement and, of course, a bright love line. The heroines of Lyudmila Martova's novels are modern young women who know exactly what they want from life.