1950 It is planned to film a historical film in the vicinity of Pskov. But on the very first day of shooting, a tragedy occurs: the director of the film dies, poisoned by poison, right on the set. The investigation was entrusted to the head of the operational department, Major Pavel Zverev. He interviews witnesses and finds out that almost all the actresses in the film group had a serious reason to settle accounts with the loving genius. However, this version is swept aside by new murders that followed the first. Zverev comes to the conclusion that the killer is not an offended actress at all, but a calculating and cold-blooded murderer... A unique opportunity to return to one of the brightest periods of Soviet history - the post-war period. Real people, real crime cases, exciting plot twists. Characters similar to the iconic images of the film “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed.” The spirit of the times, reverently preserved in many families. The “kitchen” of the daily work of the Soviet police is shown in an unusual and realistic way.