Poryadni pani vmyrayut′ samitno

Nekvapnyy plyn zhyttya povitovoho mista na okrayini imperiyi, de tyzhnyamy mohly obhovoryuvaty knyzhkovyy klub, chyyus′ zradu, dueli, novyy kapelyushok chy svizhu mohylu na tsvyntari, skolychnuly znyknennya chatn′oyi robitnytsi, zahadkovyy spirytychnyy seans, trup u kamini ta smert′ bahatiyky hrafyni fon Rey. Z’yasuvaty obstavyny tsych ta inshych trahichnych podiy beret′sya druzhyna vidstavnoho politsianta Sofiya Nriyevs′ka — vid yiyi pryskiplyvoho pohlyadu ne schovayet′sya zhodna dribnytsya. Pani politsiantova opynyayet′sya u samisin′komu tsentri zlochyniv, namahayuchys′ prolyty svitlo na zahadky, vidpovid′ na yaki znayut′ til′ky mertvi. I yakscho dlya inshych tse — smertel′no nebezpechni pryhody, to dlya Sofiyi — lyshen′ kil′ka chatnich sprav.