Provincial investigator Anatoly is leading the case of the murder of a famous actress. By a fatal coincidence , this woman, Yevgenia Luzhina, was once his wife. However, after several years of marriage, she left for Moscow, leaving her husband and young son Artem. The main character needs not only to find the killer, but also to prove his innocence. Who killed a Moscow celebrity? Why did she return to her hometown? And why did the characters become participants in someone's sinister game?