1892. In Petersburg, the ceremonial officer of the Court of His Imperial Majesty is murdered! The tireless detective Aleksey Lykov begins investigating this high-profile case. At first glance everything seems simple and clear—the murder was committed with the aim of robbery. Suspicion immediately falls on the missing footman. But Lykov doesn’t rush to accept this version—the obviousness of the evidence is too suspicious. Unraveling the tangle of court intrigues, the detective understands that the robbery was only a cover…