Olga Voikova was holding in her hands a gold necklace made by the eighteenth-century master jeweler Nikolai Kunitsin. For her, the editor-in-chief of a crime news newspaper, this elegant, expensive thing is not only an exhibit from an exhibition, but also a cunning bait for a criminal who will certainly try to steal it. Further developments showed that it happened as Olga planned - the thief took the bait. And it’s okay that the laurels for the capture of the criminal will go to Major Zdorenko - after all, now. Olga needs to publish sensational material in her newspaper as soon as possible! It won’t give in to anyone for the laurels of the best crime newspaper in the city!