Several daring and high-profile robberies took place in the city over the past six months. It is unknown how events would have developed, how the investigation would have ended, if not for the accident. And it is not surprising that this incident happened to the former judge, and now retired Nikolai Ignatievich Rudenko. An unexpected event can happen to anyone, but not everyone will be able to take advantage of it successfully. Sometimes it takes persistence and trusting your intuition. The story is about incredible robberies, about the investigations carried out by Nikiforov’s task force, and about the private investigation of a pensioner and his wife Irina Sergeevna.