Five short stories, five men's love stories. An official on the run, a womanizer businessman, a student boxer, a husband forced to endure an affair with his young wife, a 60-year-old oligarch who has everything but no desire to live - the authors masterfully explore the motives of the actions of their heroes, each of whom is looking for what in women Love understands something of its own and in its own way. In the short story “Lizaveta’s Riddle,” which gives the collection its name, the story of the main character confirms the old truth - behind a man’s success there is always a woman’s love.