Forced into exile, former secret agent of the Russian emperor Amalia Korff was bored in London—until her daughter Xenia became involved in a center of strange and dangerous events.
Xenia became a witness to the death of a random passerby, who was murdered in a very specific way—by having a point of an umbrella soaked in poison used to prick him… As it turned out, the day before his death, Mr. Robert Boyle received his own obituary by mail, with the exact date of his death.
Such crimes began to happen with frightening regularity, and each time the victim received an obituary in advance.
Feeling a connection to the fate of the man who died in her arms, Xenia took an active part in investigating these unusual crimes, not realizing it could put her own life in danger… And only the intervention of the brilliant Amalia would help prevent a new victim!