The Chimeras of the Picture Gallery

Things at the fashionable atelier of Nadezhda Raukh were going great, and she decided to expand – to sew not only women's dresses but also men's suits. The best master in Moscow has already been hired, and a ceremonial reception was arranged to present the new direction. The guests – well-known, respectable, wealthy people – admired the exquisite interiors of the atelier, lovingly created by Nadezhda's mother, Iraida Samsonovna, a passionate lover of antiques. Her recent acquisition – an authorized copy of a painting whose original is in the Tretyakov Gallery. This canvas is extremely unusual, and Nadezhda really wants to uncover its secret, but she is hindered by another, much darker mystery – one of the guests was poisoned right during the reception…