Svetlana Nikolaeva, a student at an elite Moscow school, disappears. Her literature teacher, Alisa Melnikova, shocked by the indifference of others, begins her own investigation. Alice turns for help to the writer Vladimir Morozov, who goes to the investigator Fyodor Ilyin. Together they try to solve the mystery of the disappearance, but face the reluctance of Svetlana's relatives and friends to share information. Then Alice finds a private investigator, Sergei Koltsov, online, and they join forces. Their search leads them to a tangled tangle of intrigues, family secrets and hidden motives, exposing the dark sides of the lives of seemingly prosperous people... The heroes of Evgenia Mikhailova's action-packed novels understand justice in different ways, but are willing to take risks for it. They have to face the meanness and betrayal of their closest people, but despite everything, they find the mental strength to resist evil and emerge victorious from the battle with it. The characters in these books are ordinary people, they are helpless, defenseless and will disappear one by one, but they can help each other in the fight against injustice.