When three faceless bodies are found in Moscow's Gorky Park the investigating police officer is sent on a wild and bloody trail of intrigue, corruption and murder.
He discovers soon that no-one wants to aid him in completed this puzzle as he soon discovers the reason why.
When he starts to become romantically involved with a woman whose skates were found on one of the bodies, he realises that this crime is just the tip of a complex conspiracy in which Moscows chief prosecuter is implicated.