On the eve of the main premiere of the “Russian Season” in Paris, something terrible happens: a dancer is murdered. Someone shot the young man, mistaking him for Waclaw Nijinsky. But what could get in the way of the talented dancer? The ballet impresario Diaghilev turns to Gabriel Lenoir, an agent of the Paris police prefecture, asking him to investigate the case secretly, away from public view. However, someone very much wants the premiere to be ruined—and Nijinsky to be harmed…
“An excellent detective plot capable of surprising even the most demanding reader, and a story of an era and the people in it heated to the maximum.” — editor Ekaterina Irmesh