The cozy town of Severoturinsk seems to be specially created for a measured, leisurely life. However, his silence turns out to be deceptive. The city is suddenly shaken by a series of brutal murders. Moreover, a State Duma deputy was shot at point-blank range on the threshold of the hotel. The case of his murder falls on the desk of Senior Assistant to the Prosecutor General Alexander Borisovich Turetsky, who will have to find out what is hidden behind the imaginary calm of the Volga town.