About the book: 2012 / There are books that you can’t tear yourself away from until the last page is turned. Are you looking for an exciting read? Are you interested in solving the puzzles of human destinies? Then we appoint a meeting place for you here in the pages of this book. A meeting place with vivid plots, incredible stories and unpredictable events. London, early 19th century. Wise Ezra Melamed is a detective not by profession, but by vocation. When the dowry of a young lady from his Jewish community goes missing, he sets out to catch the thief. Now he will have to leave the usual fashionable streets of the capital and go to look for evidence in undoubtedly dubious neighborhoods. But, having found just one button, one guinea and a key, will Mr. Melamed be able to return the bride her dowry??