The criminal situation in Tikhodonsk is getting worse. Along the highway, a vacationing Gusaryov is brutally murdered with his wife and child. It turns out that he is a retired police detective and a friend of the head of the criminal investigation department, Korenyev, nicknamed “Fox.” At the same time, a thief-in-law named Sever returns to the city and starts fighting for the “throne” in the criminal world—but he falls under suspicion for the murder. Offenses and crimes are also committed by young people who have formed a gang called “Herons.” A family Kalabashkin, ordinary at first glance, drives aimlessly around the country. An experienced killer receives an order targeting none other than “Fox.”
All these events tie into a tight knot, and at the center is Lieutenant Colonel Korenyev.