Yury Muravitsky

Mathematics textbook for the 5th grade. According to the conditions of the problem, every day a Pedestrian goes from point "A" to point "B", on the way he meets a Cyclist. Then he returns home, where his faithful wife is waiting for him. The next day everything repeats. But one day the Investigator stops the Pedestrian and reports that the Cyclist has disappeared. The Investigator asks the Pedestrian to go with him to point "B" in order to interrogate witnesses and figure out this complicated story together.

According to Elena Novikova, from birth, every woman hears this infernal mechanism: "the ticking clock." This ticking dictates when to get married, when to have children, how to look, and where to be. By 30, this sound becomes deafening, by 45, it becomes background noise, and by 56, Novikova claims, zen finally sets in. Elena dissects every stage of the female "obstacle course": from beauty standards, ageism, maternal exploits, to menopause.

Russian detectives unwind the ball of the most intricate and cruel crimes. They are consummate professionals, the best cops in town. Even on the most dangerous missions, this quartet never loses their sense of humor. It is it that helps them find the most incredible ways out of any situation. They uphold the law and emerge victorious.