Konstantin Inozemtsev is a ladies' man and a popular writer in the past. He continues to live in a big way, getting more and more into debt. Fate presents Kostya with a chance to restart his career by heading a fading glossy magazine. In a month, he has to release the first issue of the magazine under a new name, bring back the sweetheart of his life and prove to everyone that he is still worth something.
In the small town of Gorovets in the Pskov region, located 30 km from the border with Latvia, an emergency occurred - half of the local police department's management was arrested. And this happened because of the largest legal business in the city - a cement plant: it was flourishing, turnover was growing, thus the enterprise became a tasty morsel for everyone, and the fight for it reached the federal level. As a result, Moscow operatives have to restore order in the city and head the local police department: Major Sergey Malakhov becomes the head of the department, and captains Vadim Gruzdev and Ivan Shadrin head the criminal investigation department.
Most recently, Sanya paid off the mortgage on the apartment and became a typical positive person. But in his youth, he lived in a completely different way: fights at local discos, showdowns on the streets. All this in the company of Pasha's authoritative older brother, whose fists have not healed since childhood. Pavel has not changed over the years, and at the age of 30 he plans to participate in bare-knuckle fighting. Having met after a long separation, the brothers drank too much and got into an accident: several new cars in the car dealership were broken through their fault. At one point, Sanya got a huge debt, lost his job and wife, and Pasha broke his arm. Now the younger brother is forced to act instead of the elder in fights without rules in order to pay off and return the family.
Most recently, Sanya paid off the mortgage on the apartment and became a typical positive person. But in his youth, he lived in a completely different way: fights at local discos, showdowns on the streets. All this in the company of Pasha's authoritative older brother, whose fists have not healed since childhood. Pavel has not changed over the years, and at the age of 30 he plans to participate in bare-knuckle fighting. Having met after a long separation, the brothers drank too much and got into an accident: several new cars in the car dealership were broken through their fault. At one point, Sanya got a huge debt, lost his job and wife, and Pasha broke his arm. Now the younger brother is forced to act instead of the elder in fights without rules in order to pay off and return the family.
Sergiy and Katya will have to fight against the ferocious folklore evil spirits - the genetically modified Serpent Gorynych, a gang of brownies who terrorize people, and also repulse Viy himself, who is trying to take power into his own hands. They will continue their personal struggle: Katya will try to rid Sergius of very bad habits, and Sergius will try to melt Katya's heart.
The owner of a popular metropolitan club is suddenly imprisoned. The brother instructs his sister, a prison guard from the outback, with whom he has not communicated for many years, to save the business from imminent loss. A simple Russian woman, far from the fashionable life of the capital, will have to level the affairs of the club and cope with the world of Moscow glamour.
On a snow-covered highway near the northern town of Kostomuksha, police find the frozen corpse of a woman in a frozen car. The victim is the wife of investigator Evgeniy Rudin. The rage that has taken possession of the hero leads him along the path of senseless cruelty, the victims of which can be both innocent people and those close to Rudin. Evgeniy finds unexpected support in the face of a strange boy Mitya. Meanwhile, the killings continue.
The main characters are five young girls who follow each other's lives on a social network. Veronica suffers from complexes due to excess weight, Ira is looking for true love, Olya is going through a crisis in family relations, Alyona is focused on creative realization, which is hindered by her husband, Dasha selflessly helps others, forgetting about herself. The desire to make their lives better leads them to the online marathon "Happiness is you!", which was launched by the psychology guru. But happiness is individual for each person, and universal advice does not always work.