Гений пустого места

In one night, Mitya Khokhlov lost his old friend Kuzi and ... a hundred thousand dollars. Here is such a coincidence. Or not?.. Once upon a time there were four friends, they studied at the same university, at first they worked at the same research institute. But then two of them became businessmen. But Kuzmin and Pilyugin remained in science. Kuzya was an absurd, always dissatisfied loser, who once showed great promise. True, recently he claimed that he would soon get rich, and even made a marriage proposal to their mutual friend Arina. And then he was killed ... in the courtyard of Pilyugin's house. If he died because of money, where did they come from a simple scientist, and who could know about them? Only someone close ... It is vital for Mitya Khokhlov to establish who is the killer and who is the thief?