Never say “never.” Ivan Pavlovich couldn’t have imagined he would end up with a dog. And now his beloved Demyanka is sick. The veterinarian prescribes therapeutic swimming. Not an easy task—getting the dog to cross the bathtub like a crawl. And the case that Podushkin is investigating right now is not easy either. Music teacher Zinaida Markina asks him to look into the circumstances of her daughter-in-law Svetlana’s disappearance. She flew abroad for vacation by the sea—and vanished on the very first day. Local police decided that Svetа drowned after a few cocktails while going for a swim. But Markina is convinced: her daughter-in-law was murdered... And Eleanor (yes, yes, she resurrected from the dead) is extremely unhappy with the monument that Podushkin set up on her grave. What can be said? Hold on, Ivan Pavlovich—the darkness is gathering before dawn, and you will definitely figure everything out.