The well-known city antique dealer Schultzman was murdered. His daughter asked private detective Tatyana Ivanova to investigate the circumstances of her father’s death. At first glance, the motives seem connected to the late man’s business: both to the obvious—trade in antique art objects—and to the hidden one, which, apparently, even members of the victim’s family don’t know about. And there are so many motives that even the devil would break his leg trying to sort them out. But gradually, as Tatyana Ivanova gathers small clues about the antique dealer’s life, she comes to the conclusion that the main role in this case was played not by the antique objects themselves…