The fatal curse of the Sackville family has come true, and the precious sapphire, stolen at the cost of blood in distant India, has found its next victim. However, before her death, Lady Anne managed to slam the door of the ancient hiding cabinet and saved her beloved son from death. Thomas managed to identify the killer and testify in court, but the country's best lawyer skillfully refutes all the boy's evidence. The jury is increasingly convinced that his testimony is a vindictive lie. The trial is nearing completion, and the judge calls the last witness... A classic English detective story in modern settings, created by the grandson of the famous John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. For the first time in Russian!