Strange things happen in a city circus: first someone tosses a dead little tiger cub to the troupe, and then it unexpectedly disappears again… The trainers who took care of the unwanted cub and saw in it great potential as a circus performer are terribly upset and hire a private detective, Tatyana Ivanova, to find the baby—and also his kidnapper. Several circus employees fall under suspicion, as does a local oligarch who owns a private zoo, and even scientists working in genetic engineering… Or maybe it’s time to remember the classic rule: “Look for a woman”? After all, the acrobat Selivanov, a former fiancé of the trainer Olga, could have nursed in his soul a desire to get revenge on her…