The Vices and Their Followers

Vladimir Arkhipov lived calmly in a luxurious bachelor apartment with his faithful mastiff and had no intentions of changing anything in his life. Everything happened against his will. The eccentric neighbor Elizabeth died and left him her apartment and her adopted "orphan-girl." The orphan turned out to be an adult girl, Masha, who captivated the imagination of the lonely Arkhipov. But why didn't the neighbor leave the apartment to her? Was it not because people from the "Path to Joy" sect were claiming her, starting to besiege Masha right after Elizabeth's death? Then a half-brother from the province suddenly appeared on Masha's neck, and soon they both disappeared. Concerned about their disappearance and troubled by the strange death of his neighbor, Arkhipov visits the "unpleasant apartment" and finds the corpse of a sect lawyer there. How did he get here? Who killed him? Could it be… Masha?

Tatyana Ustinova is one of the top authors of contemporary Russian prose, a holder of two "Electronic Letter" awards, and a laureate of the "TEFI" in the category of "Screenwriter of a Television Film." "First among the best" is how Tatyana Vitalyevna is called, and this is not just a witty epithet, but a title confirmed by dozens of written novels, successful adaptations, and, of course, the love of her many fans.