Episode list

Three mathematicians come to Zatonsk to participate in the spiritual session of Anna. Two of them die at the hands of a mysterious maniac, who calls himself the Demiurge. Soon the maniac begins to pursue Anna herself, considering her the embodiment of evil .

The young playwright is murdered in his own estate after the presentation of his play. Anna and Shtolman must disclose this crime within 24 hours. Among the witnesses of the incident - writer Anton Chekhov. Probably, it is this case that will inspire Anton Pavlovich subsequently to write the play of Seagull .

In the house of the rich old woman Bentsianova, the murdered wife of her nephew is found. Shtolman learns that Benzianova believes that her long-dead son comes to her at night. Anna understands that someone comes to the woman alive, posing as a deceased. But for what purpose?

Anna sees a dream: a ghostly man playing chess with her, who says: "Where I shell go, I'll kill somebody there." Meanwhile, in the police station, the cardsharper Ferz, with whom Shtolman played chess at night, is murdered. Suspicions fall on the detective himself. Anna understands that now she not only can help Shtolman reveal the crime, but also save him from prison .

In Zatonsk with a secret mission comes a young engineer. He gets acquainted with Anna, who helps him with translations, not realizing the true purpose of the engineer's visit to her city. Shtolman understands that foreign spies appeared in Zatonsk, and Anna was involved in a very dangerous game .

A visiting Pole is killed. Shtolman finds in his pocket Dame Peak card and realizes that this message is intended for him. So St. Petersburg's past overtakes Shtolman in Zatonsk and jeopardizes not only him, but Anna as well.

In Zatonsk, a photographer is murdered who allegedly makes a spiritual photo of clients with their deceased relatives. Anna reveals the charlatan. At the same time, Stolman establishes a link between the murder of a photographer and the mysterious death of a young landowner .

A convict flees from Siberia to accuse the prosecutor of Zatonsk in an unjust sentence. His only hope is Stolman, who will conduct a new investigation and establish the truth. But is the convict so innocent?

The postal employee was severely wounded. It seems that he was wounded by an accidental shot: someone unknown was amused by shooting and got into a casual passer-by. The wounded man dies in the hospital. But, doing this allegedly accident, Anna and Stolman disclose a multi-way scam, a game of criminal minds and self-interested interests.

The investigation of a seemingly simple domestic assassination of a former governess leads to the resumption of espionage history eight years ago - Prince Razumovsky, with whom Stolman fought a duel, comes to Zatonsk and is very interested in a blue notebook with strange poems written in English by a children's hand.