A friend of the doctor and amateur detective Volodya Ladygina went to a cosmetology clinic for surgery to remove burns. And one evening, before her eyes, one patient of this clinic killed another. However, the guards mistook her story for sick fantasies. Fearing for her life, she asked her friend Volodya to investigate this mysterious crime. Ladygin got down to business with his characteristic enthusiasm and soon found out that the clinic carried out not only cosmetic operations...