Even the most mysterious phenomena usually have a simple explanation. The main character of the novel “The Shadow of Hamlet’s Wife” Vitolina Tolkunova was once again convinced of this. The wife of a famous Moscow businessman never planned to engage in private investigation. But, having received a detective bureau as a gift from her husband, she was drawn into the “process” willy-nilly and even began to derive some pleasure from her work. Vitolina waited a whole year for her finest hour. And..., as usual, she waited. She was approached by Tatyana Kachalova, the wife of the failed president of our country, a famous politician and one of the wealthiest people in Russia, Sergei Ivanovich Kachalov. Recently, a woman noticed that a double began to pursue her... True, the Napoleonic plans of the aspiring detective were almost derailed by the news that her own husband, the adored Sergei Tolkunov, had contacted a young saleswoman from a bookstore. And he didn’t just get involved, but completely lost his head and even plans to become a father soon... In a word, Inna Metelskaya-Sheremetyeva’s detective story is full of everything that we love in the female version of this genre: intrigue, missteps, humor and passions... Having studied his wife well over 22 years of marriage, Tolkunov understands that Vitolina will not take revenge or cause trouble. In principle, he calculated everything correctly... If only it weren’t for the Kachalov affair...