Detectives Makar Ilyushin and Sergey Babkin have an unusual case. Their client is a murderer. But was there even a murder? Or is this someone’s monstrous hoax?
The search for a victim who never existed is like playing tag with a ghost. Shadows of the past rise, long-forgotten secrets are revealed, and truth and lies intertwine in bizarre ways. There will be no winners. Will detectives Babkin and Ilyushin manage not to lose? And will a fiery fox’s tail drive them to opposite sides of the barricades?