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In the art gallery there is an emergency — an étude by Kuindzhi has disappeared from the storage! Before raising alarm, a museum employee asked her old acquaintance, Colonel Viktor Doroshin, to try to sort out this problem privately. At first, he did not find the matter complicated. Moreover, Viktor was looking forward to a pleasant bonus — meeting the charming art historian Ksenia. The girl tried to help and provided Viktor with the necessary information for the investigation about her colleagues and the internal affairs of the gallery. In this temple of culture, the relationships were not exactly high! And the simplicity of the task turned out to be deceptive — it turned out that not only Kuindzhi was missing from the storage. Then one of the gallery employees was found murdered! And the relationship with Ksyusha suddenly took a strange turn… 
Ludmila Martova is a master of captivating detective melodrama, the author of gripping thrillers. They are characterized by a twisted detective intrigue, a daring ending with an unexpected denouement, and of course, a vibrant romantic line. The heroines of Ludmila Martova's novels are modern young women who know exactly what they want from life.