House on the hodgepodge. Verbinina V.

1928. In the popular newspaper Red Worker, the deputy chief editor disappears. There are rumors that he escaped from his wife, but then it turns out that the editorial box office does not have enough huge amount. This case is engaged in the novice detective Ivan Opalin. The investigation is complicated by the fact that a journalist from a newspaper is attached to him, who received the task of writing a series of essays about the work of the threat. Soon, Opalin understands that his new acquaintance is a very suspicious face...