Взятие на проходе I

Anna Sokolova, a profiler in the capital, is sure that a serial maniac is operating in the city. Moreover, she immediately combines both murders with crimes committed across the country by the mysterious Ural Khomut. Her words are confirmed by journalist Zhukov, who has been writing about Khomut for many years. It is necessary to find a prostitute, Angela, who could see the criminal's face. Meanwhile, a new crime is taking place in the city - during a lecture by businessman and chess player Arseniy Poltavsky, university lecturer Manilov was brutally murdered. The police interrogate witnesses and identify several suspects. Poltavsky himself, who turned out to be a longtime friend of Dauntless, decides that he can also be useful in finding the killer... The operas are looking for Angela, who worked for Klok and told him that one of the clients tried to strangle her. But the girl is found dead in a motel...