Until the brutal murder of Charlie Parker's wife and daughter is solved, there is no place in his soul for other feelings than grief and thirst for retribution. A former New York detective, he, at the request of his former partner, goes in search of a missing girl. And a black woman is waiting for him on this path, capable of listening to the voices of the dead. And dangerous as a rattlesnake, the leader of the mafia. And a serial killer with a unique “handwriting” - he fancies himself an artist, and the human body serves as his canvas. And nothing more is known about this person, except for his nickname - the Wanderer...