An incredibly talkative telephonist, deeply adoring detective films, becomes an accidental witness to murder of her boss right into the office. Alongside the police investigation, she starts her own amateur one.

The story begins when Alice Postique, who had to stay late at work, discovers her boss Roche with a knife in his back. When the police detective arrives, Alice recognizes him as her old friend.—Boris Shafir <[email protected]>