Near the railway station, the body of a woman is found. She was killed with one precise stab to the liver. There are a lot of mushroom pickers in this area and the identity of the victim cannot be established. A terrible event for a quiet area. An exiled investigator from St. Petersburg is involved in the investigation. Nobody knows why he was driven to these parts. Kornilov zealously gets down to business. A local operative and a young district police officer come to help the investigator. Soon the first suspect appears. But Kornilov decides to thoroughly understand this terrible crime. Everything is going so smoothly. The investigator is increasingly immersed in the dark secrets of the Russian hinterland. Published in the author's edition, preserving the author's spelling and punctuation. Contains obscene language.