A wave of murders of Russian antiques dealers, having broken out in Paris, is reaching Berlin. Someone clearly wants to take control of this profitable business. One of the German antique dealers turns to a well-known security company with a request to provide him with security and try to find the organizers of this unprecedented manhunt. Private detective Mikhail Kraisky, having arrived in Berlin, begins a dangerous investigation. Meanwhile, the killings continue. The author of the book, Mikhail Berezin, has been living in Germany for some time and knows firsthand how successfully the Russian underworld is expanding into Europe.