Failure after failure haunts private detective Tatyana Ivanova in her investigation into the murder of the popular composer Vasilevsky. There is such a tangled web of intrigue surrounding this famous personality that even she is unable to unravel them. Tatyana became convinced that Vasilevsky was by no means an angel and managed to annoy many people. The list of suspects includes an envious showman, a competing composer, a mistress, a wife's lover... Each has their own motive - envy, jealousy, revenge. Who entered the composer’s luxurious house, took a pistol from the wall, the pride of the owner’s collection, and shot him in the chest?..