As a child, Tom Khailov was relaxing in the village when a terrible tragedy happened there: someone locked three local boys in a barn and set it on fire, leaving as an autograph the letter “M” engulfed in flames from the boards. Then Tom's cousin died, whose death haunts him to this day. Already as an adult, Tom gets on the trail of that same killer - a bloody maniac whom the police are looking for in vain. But the cunning and devilishly inventive criminal also finds out about Tom, and the strange connection that is established between them is mortally dangerous for Khailov... An action-packed detective story. Cover author - Anna Ershova.