Restorer Elena Besedina was looking forward to a new interesting job of restoring an old mansion in the very center of the city, commissioned by the famous philanthropist Pyotr Bespalov. But when everything had already been agreed upon, he was killed in this very house! Lena, who discovered the body, was shocked; only her acquaintance with the head of the construction company, Dmitry Makarov, helped her cope with this terrible situation. Bespalova's widow decided not to cancel the project in memory of her husband, and Elena again found herself in the ill-fated house. Something haunted her, forcing her to examine the preserved details more and more carefully, especially the ancient stoves with bas-reliefs...