Ruslan Gavrilov

The story tells of two parallel lives, in which the main character is forced, for one reason or another, to lead a double life. During the day, she is quiet and unassuming, and at night she becomes a participant in an erotic video chat.

After her father’s mysterious suicide, a young student who inherited an incredible number of secrets from him, unable to believe that her father could have taken such a step, turns to the mysterious Alexander Bennet, a young detective who carefully conceals his existence from the world. Bennet learns that her father was connected to a case from twenty years ago — a case involving a serial rapist. Bennet sets about unraveling this web, as he has his own interest in this story.

Alina had everything a university graduate could dream of — her own apartment, a loving boyfriend, and good job prospects. But after her friend died of breast cancer, Alina began to seriously consider the scale of this disease. A chance acquaintance she met at dance lessons suggests she get a doctor’s check‑up...A few days later, this chance acquaintance would become the dearest person in her life.

The young man Misha comes to Moscow to gather new material for his article. He remembers that he left his first love here and decides to visit her. But she is no longer in her former apartment. Now he has two missions: to find the drug addict Som for a new article, and to find Ira. Using his memories and interviews with people, he reconstructs the chain of events in Ira’s life, from the time he left until the last moment. And when Misha finds that drug addict—Som—he realizes that he’s connected to Ira, and, moreover, to Misha himself...