Any inhabitant of the quiet and decent London quarter of Geneva Square knows that one must stay away from the ancient mansion called the Silent House. After all, there is a bad rumor about it, and no sane person would ever settle here. And therefore, when a new tenant appeared in the house, local society immediately began to boil with rumors. Moreover, the tenant is very strange - unsociable, with a scar on his cheek, almost never appears on the street... The young lawyer Lucian Denzil, who rents a room next door, also seeks to find out what kind of eccentric moved into a house with such a bad reputation. A brief acquaintance with him only fuels his curiosity. When the mansion's occupant is found stabbed to death in his home, Lucian becomes eager to find out the story of his life - and death...