The wife of famous businessman Georgy Skorobogatov contacts the police and reports her husband’s disappearance. The investigation is entrusted to detective Andrei Sinitsyn. He interviews witnesses and finds out that shortly before Skorobogatov’s disappearance he met with candidate for deputy Astakhov. Further investigation showed that Astakhov and Skorobogatov were by no means friends. Moreover, the candidate for deputy had every reason to hate the businessman - he had impressive dirt on the future servant of the people. Sinitsyn puts Astakhov on the wanted list: he is one hundred percent sure that the kidnapping of the businessman is his doing. But everything turns out to be not so simple...