The nineties, the last decade of the twentieth century. Alexander, the head of the company, the business owner, rushes about the country, organizing, negotiating, buying in bulk, selling, changing and re-negotiating. Deals are taking place one after another, Sasha’s liveliness and sociability bothers partners, infecting them with his activity. The reader is immersed in the whirlpool of events, recalling something from his experience, something from the stories of friends. Technical details of transactions are relevant today, could be a tool for businessmen. The geography of Alexander´s work — Moscow, Krasnodar, Nizhnekamsk, Novosibirsk — is impressive. It would seem that life is flowing, stability and future prospects for business prosperity are real ...
But here the problems begin - in Academgorodok, people began to disappear, and not two, not three, but much more, and disappear without a trace. Without a trace! And it clearly hindered Sasha´s business, hindered his interests. Akademgorodok turned out to be another place ...
The text is interspersed with technical details of transactions, interesting in themselves, with criminal events, which takes the reader away, making it difficult to apply his knowledge of a private detective, comparing with similar situations, peeped in other books. Erotic scenes, which also abounds in the novel, do the same, distracting the reader from the mystery of the detective story. And again, constantly - business, real business, with all its subtleties and pitfalls, with its secrets, again, sex, its sensuality ... And the versions appear one after another, the mystery of the disappearance of bodies remains unsolved chapter after chapter.
Sasha conducts his own investigation, not relying on the official authorities, where he started his scout - Marina. As always - big money is at stake, it is unclear who really belongs, around which everything revolves. But, as the old truth goes, there is no body, no work! And there is money! And the bodies were! There were people! So at least some traces should remain!
And again the book takes the reader into the business, in financial, trading operations. And again it is inextricably linked with the goals of the criminals, with the disappearances of people. With disappearances forever! It would be possible to simply shrug and leave, but Sasha remains, decides, by all means, to solve this puzzle. And not the money he cares, rather, it can be called a passion. It is, but it can not be, physically can not be! People can not disappear without a trace! And so many people!
Sasha goes through the methods of murder, the ways to hide the ends, that is, the corpses, in the water, but he does not find the answer that explains what is happening. Until Katya appears. And the documents, the invention of Kati. And knowledge of who Katya really is. And what can Katya!
But it is impossible to dissolve bones even in super-acidity, calcium ... And something in Sasha´s knowledge is not enough, there are obvious gaps in theoretical preparation. He does not understand ... And not bone meal ...
Attempt, colic in the stomach, premonition ... Instead of Sasha, another, accidental coincidence of circumstances dies.
And again, business, appliances deals. And again death is near! And girls, and sex, and business, and death ... And - Kate! Chemist with a capital letter! And the reason and the result of everything!
Solving the mystery, as expected, at the end of the novel. The secret of life and death. And her fault in something so ...
But how difficult it was to find this clue! The Novosibirsk knot turned out to be too confusing, with still unknown consequences for both Kati herself and Sasha, who unwittingly became entangled in this knot!