The prosperous life of successful businessman Dmitry Karelin suddenly went downhill: his wife cheated on him, he got drunk out of grief, and woke up in a strange apartment next to the body of a lifeless old woman. Did he kill her? Dima himself doesn’t remember this, but the investigator, who turned out to be his wife’s lover, did everything possible to ensure that Karelin was convicted... Eight years have passed. Dima was released on parole and would like to live quietly and peacefully, but it doesn’t work out: next to him, one after another, his retired neighbors are dying, and suspicion, of course, falls on Karelin! But he still has a chance to remain free and even find his own happiness, because local police officer Masha Klimova takes her work very seriously...

Galina Romanova’s new book is a very intriguing and touching story about how responsible we are for what we do with our own lives. Several fascinating storylines telling about the destinies of different people develop in parallel, only to be woven into a tight knot in the finale, when all the secrets are revealed and the villains are brought to light.