The police of the city of Prirechensk have been provided with another capercaillie. We are talking about a maniac who kidnapped and killed four university students. It is almost impossible to calculate the motive of a dangerous criminal, and only a few are able to take his point of view, which is very different from the position of an ordinary person. Ekaterina Zorina, a famous journalist and author of detective novels, was knocked off her feet while helping to find her husband, an operative. Unfortunately, to no avail. An unexpected visit from the psychic's old friend Natalya forces Katya to look at the circumstances of the case with completely different eyes...