1948. Pskov. A robbery-murder attack was carried out on a food warehouse of a military unit. At the crime scene, two robbers were found dead. It seems there was someone else—someone who dealt with their accomplices. The investigation is assigned to the captain of the УГРО Pavel Zverev. An experienced detective suspects that the bandits were not hunting for bulk supplies and canned meat—they were interested in something else… The case took an unexpected turn when it turned out that the traces of this robbery lead to the apartment of a former officer of the Tsarist army, who had once managed to appropriate a unique collection of gold coins…