Private detective Dana Cutler received an extremely profitable order. Her client, a wealthy beauty named Margot Laurent, spoke of a priceless historical relic - the scepter of the Ottoman Empire. Sultan Mehmet II presented it to the Patriarch of Constantinople after the Turkish conquest of the city. A long time ago, Margot's grandfather bought this scepter on occasion in Cairo. But then, when the Laurent family moved to America, the relic was stolen. And so, according to rumors, the scepter appeared again. Margot wants Dana to find it and make sure of the authenticity of the sacred artifact. Cutler begins his search and is surprised to learn that all the people associated with the story are “fakes” with fake biographies. And Margot Laurent herself too. And even the scepter is a “fake”...