The smell of easy prey attracts both large and small predators. If the widow of the famous artist Andrievsky, Yulia, knew what intrigues were being weaved around her by the handsome Philip, her current husband, the eccentric stepdaughter Vika, and the homely housekeeper Maria, she would have been horrified. But even without that, her life is full of painful nightmares and memories. In the end, she finds herself one step away from death. And only the former cop Shatokhin, whom she has never even seen, can help her...