The disappearance of the magic scales of Themis from a law firm pulls the friends into complicated intrigues. To solve the case, they will have to unravel many secrets—where not only justice is at stake, but also their own lives. The ancient Greeks revered Themis, Zeus’s second wife, as the guardian of order and justice. She symbolized justice and impartiality, and she was always depicted holding scales that measured deeds good and evil. Nadezhda Lebedeva and her friend, the well-known detective writer Maria Rybnikova, come to a legal firm to investigate a plagiarism case. In the lobby, they notice a statue of Themis—but without its famous scales! According to legend, the scales of this statue helped win any case, even hopeless ones, and now they have vanished. That’s how the friends get swept into a whirlwind of complicated intrigues, and before they can solve the puzzle, they have to face even more tangled crimes.