About the book: 1935 / Three respectable men - the district attorney, his assistant, and their friend, the director of an advertising agency - started a poker game. At the hottest moment of the card battles, the prosecutor's phone started ringing. The players were informed that the sister of a rich and very influential woman had disappeared without a trace, and that the latter suspected the missing woman’s husband of murder. The friends decided to look into the matter on their own, without involving the police, since the matter was sensitive and related to the reputation of important people. They still have no idea that the real poker game has just begun - the detectives are waiting for unforeseen situations, risk, bluff and a sharp increase in bets. Only now the game will not be for money, but for someone’s life...