Ira is 27 years old. And from the point of view of her mother, the director of the school, Ira lives absolutely wrong: she plays in the troupe of a small theater, earns money by washing windows and is in love with an unreliable creative person Leo, an aspiring director. She ignores "normal" men and does not even want to dye her hair blonde, which, according to her mother, is an easy way to success...

The detective story takes place on Maslenitsa in St. Petersburg in March 1894. A series of crimes leads A. Pushkin to the insurance company "Stability". It turns out that the employees are involved in scams. The investigation leads to the family of the owner of "Stability" M.Alabyev. Pushkin's beloved A. Kern is involved in the war that unfolded between the children of Alyabyev and his wife Lydia....