A sensational event occurred in the house of a high-ranking official - his young beautiful wife was accused by two honorable townspeople of adultery. The offended husband regarded the accusation as slander. Daniel, a gifted detective and a deeply educated man, was assigned to the investigation. Daniel took his young nephew Akiva as an assistant. Brilliantly conducted inquiry revealed the viciousness and disreputable deeds of almost all the main characters of the story. The author used a plot from the Bible.