They say habit is second nature! Ivan Podushkin no longer serves businesswoman Eleonora as her secretary—but he came running the very first time she called! Naturally, Nora again needed the services of a private detective: Ludmila Vinyvytinova-Belskaya turned to him and asked him to investigate her father’s death. Officially, he died of a heart attack, but certain facts made the elder daughter suspect that her father’s second family was involved. So Ivan Pavlovich had to take on the role of a butler in a noble prince’s household! In truth, the Vinyvytinova-Belsky family are no princes at all; the title was invented by Ludmila’s great-grandfather, and ever since, the enterprising family has used it. But why did Ivan suddenly see with his own eyes the ghost of the killer dog—something his father of Lu dy had invented to attract tourists to the manor?