The widow of a prominent businessman begins the usual process of inheriting the shares of her husband, who recently died of a heart attack. A series of mysterious murders and more than suspicious accidents, occurring with completely different people who have nothing in common, plunges the Moscow police into shock. Liquor tycoons, partnered in a colossal financial scam, are secretly constantly trying to frame and deceive each other. Thus begins one of the strangest cases of 'Mr. Lawyer'. A task that at first seems routine, but gradually begins to unwind like a powerful spring - and unwinds in more and more unexpected directions...