A road accident, a failed engagement, a large house in a village near Moscow, which once belonged to a notorious businessman, rumored to be closely connected with crime, in which a sweet, intelligent woman with children now lives. The body of a man was found near an abandoned farm located not far from this house. How are all these circumstances related to each other? And is there a connection between them? It is up to the investigators leading the murder case to put the individual pieces together and discard the unnecessary. The detective plot line is closely intertwined with the story about the relationships, fate and characters of the heroes.