Marina Serova is a phenomenon of the modern Russian detective genre. A graduate of the Law Faculty of Moscow State University, she worked in the Prosecutor General's Office. From 1987 to the present – an employee of one of the special services. Participated in combat operations and operational activities. The author of a number of action-packed stories, the total circulation of which exceeds twenty million copies. Ballerina Maslennikova turns to private detective Tatyana Aleksandrovna with a request to find the killer of her ex-husband, the famous artist Innocent. Tatyana remembers that there was a completely similar crime in another city, and goes there to check if the murders are connected. Meanwhile, a Buddha figurine with jewelry hidden in it is stolen from the artist’s apartment. Criminals are one step ahead of the private detective, but only for the time being...