Have you ever heard the term “ripple victims”? No, not the ones a bullet ricocheted off. This is what they call the victim’s closest circle: family members of the dead, husbands of raped women, parents of children who got run over… Those who often suffer almost as much as the tragedy’s victim themselves…
A serial killer has appeared in Moscow. With monstrous strength, the unknown man twists the neck vertebrae of lone passersby and leaves short notes on their bodies: “To my Teacher.” What is he trying to tell the world with his messages? Is it a vicious maniac obsessed with a mad idea? Or are members of a bloody cult performing ritual sacrifices? Maybe it’s just ordinary contract killings cleverly disguised as the antics of a madman? The answers will have to be found by the best officers of the MUR’s “homicide” unit—Zarubin, Stashis, and Dzyuba. Pressure from the higher-ups, the case is classified, and there’s almost no time to solve it—and without help from the legendary Anastasia Kamenskaya…
Still, the investigators have a lead: all the killed once committed brutal car accidents with human casualties, but never faced the punishment they deserved. No wonder people say that every deed in life always has consequences. Perhaps the death of these reckless drivers is one of them?