In a small provincial town in the midst of spring, someone is killing women one after another. First, the bride dies at her own wedding, then a theater actress dies in her dressing room, and then a wealthy businesswoman is killed during a date on the river bank. Their fate is shared by a teacher, a psychologist, an oligarch's wife and a waitress. The women are connected by nothing except the last “gift” from the killer - a red rose on a long stem. Investigator Shura Napoleonov is at a loss. What thread should I take?! But here the insightful and sensitive Miroslava Volgina comes into play with her constant assistant, the handsome Maurice. It is their friends, enemies, relatives and lovers of the victims that will lead to an incredible solution...