In Paris, at the house of Countess Mirabel, a guest of the family—Pelageya Semyonovna Golubtsova—dies suddenly. The police believe the woman died of natural causes. But, for some strange coincidence, not long before the tragedy, the countess’s footman—better known in criminal circles as Vaska Shilo—had gone to the home of another famous repeat offender, now a millionaire: Kazimir Yakovlevich Klyuvеrs. A robber and a millionaire murderer. Where these two end up—expect crime. This meeting couldn’t have been accidental. Apparently, Golubtsova died at their hands. The police will likely have to take up the investigation after all, especially since another interested person is closely watching the case—some Mr. Guld.