The Impostor Syndrome

At different times on different flights, three flight attendants from the same airline perish. The first is found lifeless near a hotel shortly after the plane lands in Los Angeles. The second, as the autopsy revealed, was poisoned with cyanide in the air during a flight to Beijing. The body of the third was discovered in one of the alleys after landing in Irkutsk. The investigation concludes that pilot Pavel Otluchny is involved in all three deaths. Each of the deceased had a relationship with him, and in each case, he had a motive to take out the victim. He is sentenced to life in prison as a serial killer. It would seem that justice has triumphed... However, the leadership of the aviation workers' union fundamentally disagrees with this verdict... They turn to profiler Viktor Cheremushkin to use his unusual abilities to help uncover the truth. And the deeper he delves into the details of the crimes, the more horrifying his conclusions become…