Sometimes police officers have to deal with strange cases, mysterious and inexplicable. The hero of this story is faced with something that he would like to forget forever, but even liters of alcohol are not able to give the desired oblivion. When an old witch dies, she is strangled and cannot find peace, and she will not give peace to those who are too closely interested in her fate, either of their own free will or out of duty. The author of the photo on the cover is Alexander Shatilov.