In the theater “New Moscow,” a mysterious crime occurs that is incomprehensible to the people around it—a plot against the director and artistic director L.A. Bogomolov. Now the private detective Anastasia Kamenskaya and a young operative from Petrovka, Anton Stashis, begin an investigation that leads them to surprising and unexpected results. There are many suspects; all of them lie, and each has their own reasons for that lie: parental love, blind passion, vile blackmail, the hunger for success paid for at too high a cost, and fear of exposure. It seems everything revolves around the Theater, but one small, seemingly insignificant event rooted in the past—and therefore fatal—creates new evil. And today it’s time to restore justice…