Early autumn of 1901. The young daughter of a Duma deputy disappears without a trace. But the police cannot officially declare the girl wanted. After all, in this case, an unpleasant fact will be revealed - a depraved young woman used to receive clients in a secret salon of debauchery for fun and money. The circumstances of the case force the police leadership to turn to the brilliant detective Anna Volska for help. The detective learns a shocking thing: the missing daughter of a powerful person was also recruiting girls for similar "work". It seems that Anna is about to get closer to solving the case. Suddenly, the missing girl is found dead, with her face made up like a doll. And this is not the first victim of the killer, nicknamed the Puppet. Traces lead to Odessa - but now the Puppet is hunting for Anna. It is not clear whether Anna took the right track...