A Man Lonely Three Times Over

The memoirs of the well-known academician Khomutov are being prepared for publication. The chief editor sends him the best journalist, Ekaterina Zorina. Khomutov—an elderly but very interesting man—shows Katya photographs of his loved ones: his best friend, his wife, his graduate students, and his only daughter. All of them have passed away. For Zorina, this pattern seems more than strange. She manages to meet an investigator who, forty years ago, handled the case of the disappearance of graduate students. Like the journalist, the old operative considers the story dark and absolutely criminal…