The village maniac Timofey from the village of Sosnovka is very fond of classical literature. So much so that he staged his murders based on the works of Bulgakov, Dostoevsky, Shakespeare and other book classics, but the local policemen cannot understand this. Investigator Olga becomes a ray of light in the dark kingdom for Timofey, who comes to Sosnovka from the city and immediately notices the literary background of the crimes. But the authorities do not want to listen to her guesses.