Another book in the series of detective stories about detective Seraphim Mirutin (detective “Thirteen”, etc.) tells about his investigations while he was still serving in the Investigative Committee. The investigator for especially important cases, Mirutin, receives from General Rymov a murder case, which is under the control of the President himself. After this, the murders multiply like a snowball. But who is the murderer, is he alone and what punishment awaits the one who transgresses God’s commandment “thou shalt not kill”?.