In the summer of 1914, the world did not yet know that the Great War awaited him, a "dry law" was introduced in the Russian Empire, and another body of a young girl was found in the port of Odessa.
The main city thief in law Benya Krik wants one thing - peace on his territory and a cozy holiday season, so he calls the star of magazines and the storm of criminals Ivan Karpovich Pidipryhor from a distant Slobozhansky farm. On an ocean liner, a trio of friends once expelled by Benya return home and are now trying to profit from the absence of legal alcohol. Isn't Odesa cramped for all heroes? And will the best detective be able to get out of all the intricacies alive?
