Anastasia arrives in a village in the Russian backwaters to receive her inheritance. In the old house bequeathed to her by her grandmother, there are no ghosts, but there is a room that no key can open. And then it turns out that her grandmother’s death is connected to a secret that is vital to uncover. Plus, she must figure out what role strange house residents, cats—and more precisely, one very unusual cat that follows Nastya everywhere—and even shapeshifters play in this story… and it turns out that when they get nervous, they shed a lot…