The Sweet Apple of Discord

In a small city in the Volga region, the chairman of the trade union of a large combine, Yuri Trutov, has been murdered. The investigation, led by Lieutenant Colonel of Police Artem Malakhov, believes that the murder may have been ordered by Trutov's wife. Shortly before this, he sold a controlling stake in a large southern sanatorium and kept the money in the family account. The mistress of the deceased, Eva, sister of local criminal authorities, also came under suspicion. Perhaps this was her response to unrequited feelings… Lieutenant Colonel Malakhov is trying to find a plausible version while the suspects in the case unexpectedly begin a real war with the police…