Three comrades, three childhood friends - the talented detective Zavyalov, the promising employee of the prosecutor's office Goranin and the "loser" Zabelin, recently released from prison, live in a small provincial town. It is here, in a quiet province, where, it would seem, everyone knows everything about everyone, incredibly cruel crimes occur one after another.
Unraveling the complex case is an almost impossible task for friends; more and more new people come under suspicion, and Zavyalov and Goranin begin to suspect each other. One thing is clear: the crimes are interconnected and the killer is somewhere very close...