About what leads to sex, and what happens immediately after it. In one of the novels, a guy agrees to have a child with his best friend, unaware of her insidious plan. In another, a casual acquaintance makes a vegan wonder if sex contradicts her beliefs. And the dispute between two strangers about feminism is resolved in bed, where a woman is not going to remain in debt to a man. The heroes of the stories tell not about sex, but about what surrounds it.
On a snow-covered highway near the northern town of Kostomuksha, police find the frozen corpse of a woman in a frozen car. The victim is the wife of investigator Evgeniy Rudin. The rage that has taken possession of the hero leads him along the path of senseless cruelty, the victims of which can be both innocent people and those close to Rudin. Evgeniy finds unexpected support in the face of a strange boy Mitya. Meanwhile, the killings continue.
A well-known journalist is assassinated during the presidential campaign in Poland. The media pushes the narrative of Russian interference in the country's internal affairs, in order to support Silesian separatists and destabilize the situation. From a small spark, a geopolitical conflagration is ignited, capable of causing enormous damage.
Anna is a successful lawyer who does not hesitate to tell her longtime friend Larisa that she wants to choose a "husband for three months", since she has a complex project and needs a lightning rod and constant sex. Two ideal options reached the final of her selection: a young technocrat pedant and an aged businessman reveller. Both are successful, both are interesting, and both are passionate about her. However, suddenly She finds out that her life will sparkle with new and not the fact that bright colors. She's going to be a grandmother. The obtuse son returns from England with his Pakistani daughter-in-law. So now Anna chooses not a "husband for three months", but a grandfather for her granddaughter.
The story of Fyodor Chaliapin is a man who grew up in a peasant family, but was able to break into the brilliant world of theater and conquered heights that no one had ever reached before. Did he find the love of millions, could not achieve personal happiness on his own and make a choice between two beloved women? About how the strength of character and talent can lift a person to the stars and give them the opportunity to shine all over the world.
Yaroslav Kostrov, the boorish and quirky owner of a small transport company in Murmansk, by coincidence ends up in a Norwegian prison, where the comfort level resembles good hotels with all amenities and the Internet. But the only thing that connects Yarik with home is the Skype window, through which he will have to somehow get out of the circumstances, as well as resist the mafia, control his business, try not to lose his wife and raise children who refuse to be brought up by video.
Rita, 33, works on television and gives the impression of a successful girl. However, in fact, there is an emptiness in her soul. I don't like my job, I don't have any family, friends or relatives either. Not to mention the man — Rita's loneliness is brightened up only by a stuffed ferret, which she keeps in a place of honor in a rented apartment. The ruthless diagnosis that she learns about, it would seem, should finally kill all hopes of happiness. But it is he who becomes the starting point for her healing, getting rid of fears and finding true love.
Pensioner Nikolai Nikolaevich sells his apartment and moves to his daughter in New Moscow. Temporarily, of course, until he finds his own place. But there is nothing more permanent than temporary, especially since the funds to buy a new apartment have disappeared. A naive pensioner was robbed by an Internet fraudster who took all the money from the sale of real estate from his card.
Khabarovsk region. Taiga. Pavel Likhovtsev, a senior ranger and bear hunter, keeps an apiary in the taiga and brings up his eldest son Zhenya as a real peasant. However, with the advent of the nineties, the apiary is ruined. Pavel and his family are forced to go to Khabarovsk in search of a better life. At this time, in Khabarovsk, there is a redistribution of spheres of influence - all power and all resources are transferred to the OCG "Obshchak" - a gang that will soon become the largest criminal group in the world.
After celebrating his 35th birthday, time for Andrey begins to go in the opposite direction: every new day is the previous one for him. In order to return to the real flow of time, Andrey needs to correct the mistakes he made in the past.
Vadik, a young opera singer from Moscow, is being transferred to St. Petersburg because his fiancee lives here. As a mentor, Vadik receives a senior operative, Captain Gosha Kolpakov, a psychotic suicidal and misanthropic man living the darkest moment of his life. Two partners travel around St. Petersburg near Bulanov and investigate the case of the disappearance of the corpses of young girls from morgues.
After the 39-year—old Mile is abandoned by a sponsor, she decides that she will earn by becoming a blogger - of course, popular. To do this, she hires two 20-year—old girls, Dasha and Varya, who know everything about social media promotion. Mile sets the girls the task of having a million subscribers by the end of the month. Varya and Dasha realize that the task is almost impossible, but Milya convinces them that she is ready for anything and promises a hefty fee. The girls agree, not yet imagining what they are getting into…
Yug Kipen is a tight—lipped, modest boy raised by his grandmother. Yug's mother died when he was three years old, and he never saw his father. Everything changes when, on his 14th birthday, Yug discovers the money his father sent in his grandmother's closet. From this moment begins the story of the great journey of the South in search of his father. Potential fathers are scattered all over Russia. The South will have to cross the whole country to meet everyone. He will visit the most beautiful corners of our country, and of course, he will see the main attraction of Russia — people! It is not easy for a 14-year-old teenager to make such a journey, in principle, and even more difficult for the South, because he has a bunch of phobias that he will have to overcome every time.
Zakhar, a simple Kuban lad, is thrown by the bride right on the eve of the wedding. Together with friends who are also experiencing problems in relationships with girls, the guy is trying to get his beloved back. A new acquaintance, Zhenya, comes to the aid of Zakhar and the company, who opens everyone's eyes to how to solve their personal problems.
Misha's life didn't go well. Overnight, he lost his girlfriend, his job, and his confidence in the future. Having bought an armchair on Avito, he finds inside a folder with documents and a huge amount of money belonging to the right hand of the governor of the city. Thinking about what to do with the find, Mikhail begins to gradually fix communal defects in the yard, which deserves the respect of residents and the status of a people's deputy. However, the governor discovers the loss of documents, and elections are coming soon in the city... Will popular love and a mysterious folder help Misha take the governor's chair?
20-year-old Olya is not an easy character. Friends say that Olya is evil. Olya goes to a psychologist and in sessions with him tries to give his anger a place, to release anger. She tells the psychologist about all the people who infuriate her, and wishes them death in terrible agony. A teacher at the institute, best friend, boyfriend, father, mother… They all annoy Olga very much. And suddenly they all start dying one by one under mysterious circumstances.