About the book: 2021 / In the city of Zaozersk, the actress of the local drama theater Elena Prokofieva was killed. The woman was found with signs of severe torture. They were clearly looking for something in Elena’s apartment and in the theater dressing room. MUR investigators Gurov and Kryachko suspect the husband of the murdered woman. He, in addition to his main job as a musician, was also a famous card player. Perhaps he simply lost his wife... However, this version soon reached a dead end. But Gurov found out another curious circumstance: for some reason the actress carefully hid her past. The detectives go to her homeland, Rostov, not yet knowing what shocking details of the murdered woman’s biography will be revealed to them in those parts…