About the book: 2017 / Nikolai Rukatov is a very high-ranking official. By the nature of his service, he “handles” billions of dollars in investments and decides the fate of large regional projects across the country. What is the situation, so is the income. Many would like to warm their hands on Rukatov’s capital. But how to get close to this money? The surest way is through the official’s relatives. And then his wife Nadezhda has a young lover, and his own father suddenly “remembers” his stepdaughter Irina. Suddenly both women disappear. The seriously frightened functionary sounds the alarm and contacts the police. MUR detectives Gurov and Kryachko are in a hurry to search, knowing full well that the missing are in danger of death, because in such a game human life is worthless.