Primorsky Krai, almost our days. During Epiphany bathing, villagers find the body of a local artist. The holiday is ruined, and the police are convinced that the unlucky arts minister committed suicide. However, there are no apparent reasons for this: he was not old, quite happy with life and full of creative plans. Was there an accident? Or was the artist’s death beneficial to someone? The best friend of the deceased, a former sailor and young pensioner Ivan Ilyich Osinnikov, takes on the investigation. Contains obscene language.