March 1944. The seasoned Major Yefimov and Captain Sazonov are on the trail of the “Dead Head” gang and its leader, the Artist, who commit murders and leave a portrait of the victim at the crime spot.
1946. Investigator Rudakov must stop spies and saboteurs threatening Soviet science and the nuclear project. The future of the country depends on the outcome of their confrontation. A continuation of the detective series «The Artist».
