The best friend and adviser to the mayor of a Ural city is killed. And they kill him brazenly - right in his office, in the middle of the working day... The official investigation does not yield any results. And then Arkady Mikhailovich Kazik is invited to Gradovsk. As a very observant person, as a detective with a “fresh look.” At the same time, a series of crimes and strange events continues... The restless Kazik always avoided officials. But he has no way out: having immersed himself in their lives, in their complex relationships, he must find the criminal...