The police department of the city of Prirechensk has another “cold case.” It involves a maniac who kidnapped and killed four university students. Figuring out the motive of such a dangerous criminal is almost impossible, and only a few people can adopt his perspective—very different from that of an ordinary person. Ekaterina Zorina, a well-known journalist and author of detective novels, is at her wits’ end helping her husband, an operative, with the search. Unfortunately, to no avail. An unexpected visit from the old friend—an extresense Natalia—forces Katya to look at the case in a completely different light…