Skryvayas' ot neadekvatnogo byvshego muzha, Inna priyekhala rabotat' fel'dsherom v dalekiy severnyy poselok Vstretili yeye privetlivo, no sluzhebnoye zhil'ye okazalos' sovershenno neprigodnym, i Innu opredelili na kvartiru k shoferu Vadimu, cheloveku s tyazheloy sud'boy, poteryavshemu svoyu sem'yu Vnachale devushka byla v shoke ot takogo varianta - kak mozhno zhit' pod odnoy kryshey s chuzhim muzhchinoy? - no vskore poznakomilas' s Vadimom poblizhe i ponyala, chto yego ne stoit opasat'sya Zhizn' ponemnogu nalazhivalas', no vdrug vyyasnilos', chto v poselke oruduyet neulovimyy ubiytsa, dushashchiy zhenshchin… Po dolgu sluzhby Inne prikhodilos' osmatrivat' tela zhertv, i uchastkovyy nedvusmyslenno namekal, chto v chislo podozrevayemykh vkhodit i Vadim No nevozmozhno poverit', chto chelovek, s kotorym u neye voznikla vzaimnaya simpatiya, povinen v etikh uzhasnykh prestupleniyakh