The Tamer of the Gorgon Medusa

Why did Roman Zvyaginin, owner of the cosmetics conglomerate “Bak,” agree to sponsor a rundown theater? Now Stephanida Kozlova, a makeup artist, has to do up the local actresses and turn an elderly prima donna into a young Juliet! And during the performance something truly terrible happens—someone sets fire to the minibus where the costumes are kept. In the flames Faina dies—a cleaner who dreamed of shining on stage. It’s clearly been done by “one of their own.” Investigator Yakimenko asks Stepa to infiltrate the theater’s back rooms with his assistant Misha—in order to find out which of the inhabitants of the temple of art suffers from pyromania. Stepa will have to present Misha… as his boyfriend and, at the same time, as a fellow makeup artist! But how do you pass off a guru of the world of fashion to a simple-minded policeman—showy in black sandals and white socks?