The bullet’s speed turned out to be higher than that of the racing car. The racing driver released the steering wheel, and the out-of-control car crashed into a barrier. The case of the runner’s murder proved to be almost the most difficult. Colonels Lev Gurov and Stanislav Kryachko, posing as traveling bandits, infiltrate the criminal world of the capital, take part in brutal showdowns, risk their lives—but in the end they find the trail of the killer. And right here, the case takes a sharp turn: the closer the investigators get to this elusive criminal, the closer the bullets fly. One more step remains. A meeting with a bullet is inevitable…