The head of a district administration was murdered. During an attempt to flee! Shot in the head, from a rifle… Though, in fact, he was shot with a pistol and in the back! In fact, the murdered man had been the head for only the last three years, and twelve years ago he had a completely different surname and was sentenced to execution for murder with aggravating circumstances. But somehow then he avoided it. And now the sentence has been carried out. But by whom?..