At the request of a prominent scholar, private detective Makar Ilyushin and his partner take on the investigation into the murder of Mark Zilbert, a collector of rare curiosities. Although the client initially formulates the task rather chaotically: he asks them to find a mermaid that was definitely somewhere among the treasures of the avid antiquities expert. The finely carved wooden figurine is believed to have belonged to Yakov Bruce, a sorcerer and associate of Peter the Great. And those hunting for the valuable object clearly know its secret. The investigation will lead the heroes to a village with the telling name of Omuty, where the residents believe not only in mermaids but also in their power to grant human wishes. To stop the murders of collectors, Makar must separate truth from fiction and identify the suspect before he is drawn into the «Whirlpool of Other People’s Desires,» which can be watched online.
