As a result of an explosion in a car, two employees of the TV program “A Face Without Makeup” die. Some time later, the show’s host, popular TV journalist Alexander Uhanov, learns that there is also a contract on his murder. And the contract was made by his own wife. Unexpectedly, Uhanov comes to the attention of the police officers investigating the murder of the witch Inessa. Anastasia Kamen-Skaya, who works on the case of the car explosion involving the TV program employees, and Tatyana Obraztsova, who handles the murder of the witch, try to unravel together the complex knots of a clever criminal scheme.