"Life Is Just a Theater, and People Are Actors in It". This well-known Shakespearean quote matches the new detective story by Alexandra Marinina. Theater is not just an art form, it is a life creature that does not tolerate lies and betrayal. A strange crime took place in the theater called "New Moscow" - an attempt to murder the director, Bogomolov. Anastasia Kamenskaia, who does not work for police anymore and has become a private detective, and her assistant, a young man Anton who works in the police, begin to investigate this case. The results are quite surprising and unexpected. There are many suspects and all of them lie for different reasons: some because of parental love, others because of passion, or blackmail, or fear. It seems like all leads are bringing detectives to that theater... but there is one insignificant event that took place long time ago that keeps bringing new evil. The time to restore justice has come.