A former employee of one of the capital's research institutes, having taken "early" retirement, one day discovers that his faithful and modest wife is engaged in the most indecent things - committing adultery, and even playing music in the lesbian club "Golden Lily". Unable to bear such shame, the pensioner commits suicide. But when local detectives began to investigate this case, they unexpectedly encountered serious resistance and even pressure from a number of influential officials. And after the strange death of the widow of a pensioner, things took a completely unpredictable turn...