The first case of Pavel Rudyagin turns out to be unusually complex and confusing. This is a series of strange and terrible murders, mysteriously connected with the work of the great Pushkin. To understand a story whose roots go far into the past, a young, inexperienced investigator will have to bring to light many dark secrets. Trying to understand what role Pushkin’s poems play in the brutal murders, Pavel asks for help from the staff of the Clio historical advisory center, and Vasily and Anna tell him a lot of interesting things about the poet’s secret life. It turns out that he was a secret agent in the service of the government...