This has never happened before - an investigative team has settled in the fashion studio of Nadezhda Rauch! During construction, ancient burials were discovered in a neighboring yard, and Nadezhda, along with her employees, willy-nilly, became involved in the investigation. It would seem difficult to think of a more peaceful activity than sewing clothes. But traces of an old crime led straight to the studio! Could there really be murderers or their victims among Nadezhda’s respectable clients? The matter is complicated by the fact that the investigative team includes Nadezhda’s lover Lev Astrakhansky, and lately their relationship has been rather strained...