Yet another client asks private detective Tatyana Ivanova to help him buy a countryside cottage—its owner is a former criminal, Kirill Semirodov—who категорically refuses to enter into any negotiations with him. The very first meeting with the owner almost ends tragically for Tatyana: someone tries to put a noose around her neck. And a few days later, a young woman arrives in the village and declares that she is the true heir to the house, demanding that Semirodov hand her some mysterious "funds"…