Private detective Tatyana Ivanova is approached by Lidiya Vakhrusheva with a request to force her ex-husband, the owner of a furniture factory, to give money for her daughter’s operation. Feeling sorry for the woman, Ivanova takes on the job and is surprised to discover that at the peaceful enterprise there is a regime of special secrecy, and in the evenings there is an unplanned shipment of soft furniture. Paradoxically, it is easier for the famous detective to unravel such mysterious incidents than to deal with an overconfident father who can’t be persuaded to part with even a little of his wealth to save his own daughter…