1998 god, Parizh. Miro Zhassi rabotaet bukinistom na naberezhnoi Velikikh Avgustintcev. On zhivet tikhoi zhizniu, druzei pochti net, doma ego zhdet lish pes Lemiuel. Odnazhdy sosedka po naberezhnoi, torgovka suvenirami po prozvishchu Stella Kronenburg, peredaet emu detektivy, ostavlennye kakoi-to vzbalmoshnoi klientkoi. Knigi obernuty v odin i tot zhe gazetnyi nomer, soobshchaiushchii o smerti ego byvshego druga i shurina Rolana, tozhe bukinista. Rolana nashli zadushennym v ego lavke, u nog stoiali dorogie izdaniia Zhiulia Verna. Volei-nevolei Miro prikhoditsia nachat sobstvennoe rassledovanie, tak kak chto-to podskazyvaet emu: on mozhet stat ocherednoi zhertvoi zhestokogo ubiitcy-bibliofila.