The Aristocrat

He loves animals, shuns people, and is fascinated by death.

In the middle of Karlovy Vary, a torso wrapped in plastic and marked with a strange symbol – the letter A in a three-pointed star and a circle. Ambitious police officer Andrea Šimečková and her investigative team take up the case and gradually unravel the veil of ambiguity behind which lies a long-defunct Azerbaijani organisation with the mysterious name of Aristokratiya. But have its members really disappeared from the world? Should the mark on the corpse be a warning or a call to renew its activity? In addition to her colleagues, Andrea is joined by her friend Alexandr Kraus, a journalist and former police officer. After initial doubts, he helps his ex-girlfriend's son find answers to where his best friend has gone. They'll start their search at an Azerbaijani restaurant. Coincidence?

The investigation is in full swing. The reactions of the people affected are not long in coming, bringing with them both answers and a shadowy adversary who is capable of choosing the most extreme solutions to protect himself…