The details of a true crime case are presented in which a young mother is beaten and shot dead at a church before she can marry.

Father Karas is the prime suspect of killing the woman he loved; the crime and its motives have a far less sensational background than it seems, as its roots lie in sociopathy and emotional deprivation.

Before her romance with Father Karas, Veronika had an affair with a university professor; it soon becomes clear that the intention of the true killer was to frame the priest.

The body of Professor Chalupa, a popular teacher at the Department of Linguistics, is found right on the faculty's grounds; the professor was on the trail of a huge corruption scandal involving the highest levels in the faculty management.

The body of the editor of the regional branch of the TV news network is discovered; Marie Výrová and her team discover that Chalupa was working with the reporter to prepare a story about corruption in the university.

Výrová organizes a trap and mentions, in front of the Registrar, who the police suspect of planning the murders; compromising material is found among the reporter's items.