If to fire off in the past from a pistol, it will answer you from a cannon. In exactness of this expression the captain of militia Igor Дорошин made sure, taking part in investigation of matter of maniac, killing children in distant seventieth. And when after years Igor with friends took up him, it "fired" off the new series of murders, blackmail, deception. They living are person involved of that old history : both businessman Аргунов and large official Ситников, and former militiaman Забелин, and authoress Истомина. In fact it seems only, that the past is distant. The spiral of life compresses tightly, inexorably straightened and render to each on his merits.