In memory of the 19th century, when literature was great, faith in progress was boundless, and crimes were committed and solved with elegance and taste.
1900. Moscow. Senka Skorik, a resident of Khitrovka, is trying to win the favor of a charming girl with the strange nickname Death. She is considered the most beautiful woman in the city, but here’s the trouble: all her admirers died shortly after they began courting her. But nothing can stop Senka; he is ready for the maddest deeds just to win her attention. And what is there to say if even Erast Fandorin himself proves unable to resist the charms of the mysterious beauty. Which means that his life, too, is in danger.