Private detective Tatyana Ivanova is invited by an important official—whose young wife was brutally murdered only very recently. Well, Tania has investigated cases like that more than once. But the client’s attitude toward her is rather unusual: for being just a minute late to the meeting, the detective gets a scolding, and the conversation goes in a messy, hurried way— the businessman is desperate to start another meeting and practically pushes Ivanova out the door.
What is it—fanatic punctuality or a desire to get rid of her fast, despite her excellent services? Or maybe the smug pedant has something in the back of his neck, and there’s a reason to fear? You get the idea…