A bloody trail stretches from the depths of centuries from a mysterious locket. It’s said that this locket is cursed—just like the beautiful woman depicted on it. Her name is Erzhebeta Báthory, but for the crimes she committed against innocent victims, she earned the nickname the Bloody Countess. Anyone who takes the locket without right is doomed to terrible torment—yet there are always brave souls willing to risk their lives and well-being for a portrait of a medieval villain.
Amateur detective Nadezhda Lebedeva, a committed materialist, treated any mysticism with distrust. But the chain of tragic events she witnessed shook her convictions…