The murder of journalist Sergei Vyazemsky was committed in a small southern village. He came here to prepare material about the mystical phenomena occurring in the area. In the dead of night, the journalist was strangled and drowned in the river. A local witch is suspected of the murder. Prosecutor Maxim Arkhangelsky does not believe that a helpless old woman moving in a wheelchair could commit such a crime. However, there is a witness who claims to have seen this with his own eyes, and particles of the deceased’s clothing were found on the suspect’s clothes. Arkhangelsky undertakes to find out the details of what happened and finds himself in the center of events that are inexplicable for a normal person...