Erast Petrovich Fandorin was sure that he would be involved in the investigation of the attempt on the Chairman of the Council of Ministers Stolypin Still, after all, the famous politician was shot in the theater, where they were allowed only on personal passes from the Security Department! Where did the terrorist get such a pass and how did the criminal manage to smuggle firearms into the theater?But Fandorin was waiting for a cruel disappointment … Instead of investigating a high-profile political crime, he had to take up the assignment of Olga Knipper-Chekhova .. The woman persuaded the famous detective to help her long-time friend, actress Eliza Altairskaya-Luanten Going to a meeting with Eliza, Erast Petrovich was sure: the case is trifling, the flustered lady just has too vivid imagination. But soon it becomes clear that the life of the actress is really in danger. To calculate the ill-wisher, Fandorin retrains from detective to playwright. And at the same time as writing the play understands - he fell in love ...