Dead grain
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Dead grain
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1975. Bryansk Region. Early in the morning, Sashka, a projectionist, is found dead in a wheat field by the road. There are no traces of the crime.
A task force from Moscow arrives in the village: investigator Tumansky, detective Voronov, and forensic scientist Grayva. The first suspect is the murdered man's wife, Nadezhda. She's too calm, and she has a dozen reasons to kill her husband.
Accountant Andreyev is also suspected. The projectionist was having an affair with his daughter, and the accountant also has every reason to hate Sashka.
Warehouse manager Borshchev is also acting strangely. He smiles at everyone, but is clearly not telling them everything.
The detectives also spot a radio amateur named Medved, whose strange words are broadcast over tens of kilometers.
Even the director of the state farm, Utkin, is suspect – he signs reports that are too smooth. Too correct...
A few days later, the body of the local police officer, who had told the investigator the day before that he "almost understood everything," is recovered from the river. The village remains unanimous. The alibis are coherent. Everyone swears they're true.
The detectives' theories crumble one after another. All that remains are the numbers. But even they don't add up. And the truth is out there, somewhere nearby; it has no eyewitnesses...
A task force from Moscow arrives in the village: investigator Tumansky, detective Voronov, and forensic scientist Grayva. The first suspect is the murdered man's wife, Nadezhda. She's too calm, and she has a dozen reasons to kill her husband.
Accountant Andreyev is also suspected. The projectionist was having an affair with his daughter, and the accountant also has every reason to hate Sashka.
Warehouse manager Borshchev is also acting strangely. He smiles at everyone, but is clearly not telling them everything.
The detectives also spot a radio amateur named Medved, whose strange words are broadcast over tens of kilometers.
Even the director of the state farm, Utkin, is suspect – he signs reports that are too smooth. Too correct...
A few days later, the body of the local police officer, who had told the investigator the day before that he "almost understood everything," is recovered from the river. The village remains unanimous. The alibis are coherent. Everyone swears they're true.
The detectives' theories crumble one after another. All that remains are the numbers. But even they don't add up. And the truth is out there, somewhere nearby; it has no eyewitnesses...
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