How many secrets can an old merchant mansion in a provincial Volga town keep? What does the night watchman of the museum who was assassinated know about them? How is the carpenter involved in this, for whose sake young girls are ruining their destinies one after another? And most importantly, will three inseparable retired friends, who again got into trouble, be able to reveal these secrets and remain unharmed? The second book in the series “Detective from the Outback” continues the story about ordinary residents of the Lower Volga and their difficult destinies, tragedies, happy and mysterious stories, largely based on real events.