Young police officer Lundin has been charged with bribery and perjury. Landin's lawyer and fiancee, convinced that he has been framed, turn to private investigator Murray Kirk for help. However, Kirk is in no hurry to justify Lundin - and the information he receives during the investigation is very ambiguous... * * *A lawyer from a small town in Florida, Matthew Hope, never thought that he would have to try on the role of a detective. However, the mysterious and monstrously brutal murder of the wife and daughters of the successful doctor James Parchase, with whom he had not only professional but also friendly relations, forced Matthew to begin his own investigation - and to see how poorly he knows those with whom he communicates day after day...* * *A beautiful dancer and a small-time drug dealer - what could two such different victims, shot with an interval of a week from the same revolver, have in common? After all, they didn’t even know each other... And soon a third murder occurs - a dealer in precious stones. The motives of the killer, whose case is being investigated by Steve Carella and his colleagues from the 87th precinct, are becoming increasingly inexplicable...