There was a murder in the studio of a professional expert - appraiser Boris Druyan. Druyan himself was killed and the director of the art museum Anna Khaletskaya was hanged. In the course of the investigation, it becomes clear that this is not a classic murder and suicide, but a double murder in order to disguise a major fraud in the field of art.

The corpse of a woman who disappeared 12 years ago was found at the dump. Suspicion falls on former fellow students - the deaf Alexander Morozov and his successful "friend" Lipatov.

Ilona Skorobogatova, author of the infamous bestseller "My Dad is a Bandit", decides to write a second book. Perhaps this will be a new exposure of the criminal community. But suddenly Ilona is killed in her own apartment. The detectives have to figure out who committed the crime - the mafia or someone else.