Lieutenant Colonel Gurov of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was approached by a recently released convict. The man asked the detective to help him get in touch with his former “colleagues” from the gang. For some reason, they stopped answering calls. Gurov agreed. Very soon, it turned out that both of the men were dead. In both cases, the crime scene looked identical: a shot to the head. Only the gang’s leader was left alive. Isn’t it he who’s settling scores with the “brothers”? But it turned out that the leader was gravely ill. Not long ago, his former lover had come to see him in the hospital and, threatening him, demanded he hand over a gift promised long ago. Gurov arranges surveillance over the woman and soon becomes involved in a real tragedy…