Pedestal for the Outsider

A woman from Switzerland approached the famous detective Drongo with a request to ensure the safety of her ex-husband, the notorious oligarch Ilya Smykalov. Drongo initially refused the case, as he is an expert on particularly serious crimes, not a bodyguard, but soon changed his mind. The reason was not the high fee, but rather the information received by the detective, which instantly transformed the case of the oligarch from mundane to unique. Drongo began work, not even suspecting that solving this crime would lead him to unexpected and paradoxical conclusions, and that the investigation itself would become one of the most unusual in his career…