The Diamond Queen is an enchanting and noble thief—baroness von Stahl (also known as Agata Kern). She robs only the richest and the most unfaithful men, as if restoring female justice. Aleksey Pushkin is Rodion Vanzarov’s colleague, a detective who managed to see in Agata not just a criminal, but… an assistant. And… a woman.
Anton Chizh’s new historical detective continues the Vanzarov universe, but the focus is on other, younger and more romantic heroes. The intrigue is born at the intersection of several plotlines involving both a gypsy curse—and even the fate of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov…