When decent people try their hand at a criminal business for the first time, it usually ends very badly: either they get put in prison or they get killed. That’s what private detective Tatyana Ivanova thought—until she found the body of a gallery employee.
What drove Petechka to steal from an exhibition a valuable statuette depicting an ancient Greek muse is something she will still have to figure out.
For now, Tanya was sure of one thing: Petechka probably didn’t steal the unique “Thalia” just to display it at home on a dresser. The statuette was likely ordered for someone. Now it’s necessary to find the murderer—and through them reach the customer.
Only that way can the exhibition’s “main prize” be returned to its rightful owner…