The past sometimes returns in the cruelest and most sudden way. How could I have guessed that, agreeing to a date with the royal interrogator, I would end up accused of murder? And the threads of this crime lead to my secrets—the very secrets I tried so unsuccessfully and so carefully to forget. My companion, Richard, had only one skull: the one he kept in his refrigerator. And around me, there is now a whole ball of skeletons from noble family secrets. The main thing is to come out of this ordeal with honor!