"Life is a theatre, and people in him are actors". The known shakespearian saying as good as possible goes near the new novel of queen of modern detective Александры Марининой. In fact Theatre - not only high art, he as largeas life organism, not standing a lie, treacheries and at times taking revenge on very cruelly.In a theatre "New Moscow" is accomplished an enigmatic and incomprehensible for surrounding crime is encroaching upon a stage-director and artistic leader Л. А. Богомолова. Now already a private detective Anastasiya Каменская and young police operative from Петровки Anton Сташис proceed to investigation that brings them over to the surprizing and unexpected results. Suspected much, all of them lie, and each for this lie have the reasons: both paternal love and blind passion, both infamous blackmail and thirst of success, reached too expensive a price, and fear of exposure. Seemed бы, all is revolved round Theatre, but one little, as though insignificant event leaving roots in the past and becoming as a result rock generates a new evil. And time to recover a justice came today.