About the book: 2003 / January 1908. Young provincial Samson Shalopaev comes to St. Petersburg in the hope of finding his lovely wife, who mysteriously disappeared after their secret wedding. By the will of fate, the young man ends up in the editorial office of Flirt magazine, under the wing of a caring publisher, the dazzling Olga May. The young man is drawn into the whirlpool of metropolitan life: banquets, theaters, brilliant acquaintances... However, within a few days, several attempts are made on Samson’s life. And the young journalist has to take up the investigation on his own to find out who he managed to cross the road with in St. Petersburg and whether these attempts are connected with the disappearance of his wife…