She was called a femme fatale, a real “femme fatale” - all the men were at the beauty’s feet. The conquered gentlemen agreed to everything for one seductive glance from Maria Tarnovskaya. She treated her fans mercilessly - after all, she was only interested in their money... Maxim had to marry his ugly and unloved boss Nadezhda in order to improve his financial situation. In addition to money, Nadezhda had an ancient decoration - a golden diadem, which, according to legend, belonged to the fatal 19th-century criminal Maria Tarnovskaya. But one day Nadya was killed and the tiara was stolen. And all the evidence pointed to Maxim... The main thing for the “Artifact@Detective” series is the search for an ancient fatal artifact. He is outside of time, outside of space, and who knows whether passions for him will subside in the new century? In the new detective story by Olga Baskova, a golden antique jewelry does not bring happiness to anyone and through the centuries pushes people to rash actions...