Genius of the empty space

On one night, Mitya Khokhlov lost his old friend Kuzy and ... one hundred thousand dollars. Here is such a coincidence. Or not? .. lived four friends, studied in the same university, at first worked in the same research institute. But then two of them became businessmen. And Kuzmin and Pilugin remained in science. Kuzya was ridiculous, forever everything is an unhappy loser, once putting high hopes. True, recently he argued that he would soon get rich, and even made a proposal of the hand and the hearts of their overall girlfriend Arina. And then he was killed ... In the courtyard of the house Pilyugin. If he died because of the money, where did they come from a simple scientist and who could know about them? Only someone close ... Mita Khokhlov is vital to establish who the killer and who is the thief